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Graffe has collaborated with human rights groups and worked for a decade in low-income neighborhoods in Carabobo state. He was detained as he was leaving a meeting with health workers in Valencia, Graffe\u2019s father told Human Rights Watch. Days prior to his detention, Graffe had actively \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlosGraffe\/status\/885543240191156224\u0022\u003Epromoted\u003C\/a\u003E the unofficial plebiscite organized by the opposition on July 16.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlosGraffe\/status\/885703375433736192\u0022\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E of his detention, filmed by someone who was driving by, Graffe shouts he is being kidnapped, and is seen being forced into a white van by men in plainclothes. Another man is seen getting inside a blue vehicle, which Graffe\u2019s father said belonged to his son. The family has not seen that vehicle seen since then.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThat afternoon, the Carabobo police \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polic_carabobo\/status\/885635420645728257\u0022\u003Etweeted\u003C\/a\u003E that Graffe was detained for carrying explosives and fireworks that had nails stuck to them with tape.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGraffe\u2019s family visited headquarters of the intelligence services, the Bolivarian National Guard, and the Carabobo police that day, and in each case, they were told that Graffe was not being held there, his father said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the morning of July 14, Graffe called his father and told him that he was alright but was not allowed to tell him where he was being held. When Graffe asked his father to convey to his team that they should continue working on preparations for the July 16 plebiscite, the communication got disconnected, his father told Human Rights Watch.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt 10:30 p.m., Graffe was brought before a military judge in an improvised courtroom inside the \u201cSouth Command,\u201d a Bolivarian National Guard installation located in Ciudad Ch\u00e1vez, Carabobo state. His family was not allowed to enter. His lawyers were only allowed to see Graffee a few minutes before the hearing, his father said. The judge charged Graffe with stealing \u201cmaterials that belong to the Armed Forces\u201d and \u201cinstigating rebellion\u201d and ordered his pretrial detention in the Ramo Verde military prison near Caracas, a lawyer present at the hearing told Human Rights Watch. The judge refused to authorize his release or house arrest.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen his parents visited the South Command installation the following morning, they were told they had time to leave and bring back lunch for Graffe, who would be transferred to Caracas in the afternoon. When they returned, Graffe had already been taken away, the father told Human Rights Watch.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn July 15, Graffe\u2019s parents tried to see him in Ramo Verde. The guards allowed them to leave a mat, drinking water, food, and clothes for him, but they were not allowed to see him. Neither the family nor the lawyers have seen Graffe since the hearing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E.\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrw\u0022\u003E@hrw\u003C\/a\u003E calls for the immediate release of activist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlosGraffe\u0022\u003E@CarlosGraffe\u003C\/a\u003E, arbitrarily arrested and charged by military court \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/wwZxoL6M5U\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/wwZxoL6M5U\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/zP1mYlwhgS\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/zP1mYlwhgS\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\u2014 Tamara Taraciuk (@TamaraTaraciuk) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/TamaraTaraciuk\/status\/887320618827472897\u0022\u003EJuly 18, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__306792__en","data":"","settings":null}]