A Venezuelan military court jailed 27 students accused of
"rebellion" in anti-government protests, a non-governmental watchdog
said Tuesday. "The prosecutor charged them with crimes of instigating
rebellion, theft of armed forces property, destruction and violation of a security
zone," said lawyer Alfredo Romero, director of the judicial watchdog Foro
Penal. He said the 27 were arrested on Sunday at UPEL university in the
northern city of Maracay after protests against the government. Five other
suspects, all women, were sentenced to house arrest after being detained on the
same occasion, according to Romero. Foro Penal had previously warned that
scores of people were being brought before military courts over civil charges
relating to recent months of anti-government unrest. More…
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