Marvinia Jiménez

Marvinia Jiménez is a Venezuelan seamstress who was abused by members of the Venezuelan National Guard during the 2014 Venezuelan protests. Following the incident, Jiménez became an activist, calling for changes to be performed by the Venezuelan government.

2014 Venezuelan protests

Beating incident On 24 February 2014, Jiménez was traveling between her workshop and home when she came across members of the Venezuelan National Guard repressing a demonstration. Jiménez began to take photos of the event with her cell phone and was then confronted by members of the National Guard. threw Jiménez to the ground, hit, kicked and beat her with a helmet, then had her transported to a government facility where she was supposedly abused further. Other officers involved in the incident have not been identified.

Activism Following the beating incident, Jiménez began to speak at demonstrations against the government. Jiménez also became a member of the Committee of Victims Against Repression in Venezuela. At the gathering, she also called on Venezuelans to show a large number in protests so "national government authorities are aware of rejection felt by the population".

As situations continued to deteriorate in Venezuela and protest grew once more in 2017, Jiménez called for protests. She stated that she did not fear death because it is imminent, explaining that her greatest fear was that the Venezuelan people would stop protesting.