14 June 2001 by a member of the Venezuelan Embassy in Peru together with the head of Criminal and Penitentiary Affairs in Peru. She stated that her conditions of detention had improved and that she could see her family more often. However, she informed them both of her intention to appeal her sentence. According to the Ombudsman, the complainant had been transferred from the medium special security pavilion to the “medium security” pavilion where she had more privileges. Furthermore, since 4 December 2000, all the top security prisons in the country have a new regime consisting of (a) visits: removal of booths. Any visit from any family member or friend will be accepted with no restrictions; (b) media: complainant has access to any media without restriction; (c) lawyers: free visits without restrictions four times a week; (d) courtyard: freedom of circulation until 2200 hours. He concluded that the complainant has more flexible conditions of detention due to her personal situation and to the changes introduced on 4 December 2000. Moreover, her health is good, except that she is suffering from depression. She had not been subjected to any physical or psychological mistreatment, she has weekly visits from her family and she is involved in professional and educational activities in the prison. On 9 December 2005, the State party informed the Committee that on 23 November 2005, the Venezuelan Ambassador in Peru contacted Mrs. Nuñez Chipana in the maximum security prison for women in Chorrillos, Lima. According to the note, Venezuelan authorities have been lobbying to prevent the complainant from being sentenced to the death penalty, life imprisonment or more than 30 years’ imprisonment, or subjected to torture or mistreatment. In the interview held with the complainant, she regretted that the Peruvian authorities of Chorrillos had denied access to her brother, who had come from Venezuela to visit her. She mentioned that she is receiving medical treatment and that she can receive visits from her son, and that she is under a penitentiary regime which imposes minimum restrictions on detainees. She added that she received visits every six months from members of 140