Geraldine Chacón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Geraldine Chacón

Venezuelan lawyer and human rights advocate

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1993

Place of Birth: Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela

Profession: lawyer, human rights activist

Nationality: Venezuela

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Geraldine Patricia Chacón Villarroel (born 23 December 1993, Caracas, Venezuela) is a lawyer, human rights advocate and student of Liberal Studies at the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas.
Chacón was declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International who issued an urgent action calling for her immediate and unconditional release on 27 April 2018.Chacón was arrested by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional, SEBIN) in the early hours of the morning of 1 February 2018, without warrants and under false pretenses.
She was taken to El Helicoide for questioning and detained there. Legal orders for her release, issued by the Venezuelan judicial system, were ignored by the prison authorities.
Chacón was finally conditionally released on 1 June 2018. Amnesty continues to consider her at risk and to appeal on her behalf.