The teenager had suffered facial paralysis on August 12. Two days after presenting the condition he was transferred to a medical center and later returned to the Barinas Juvenile Care Center. Foro Penal reported that he was given precautionary measures: presentation every eight days and prohibition of leaving the country
A 15-year-old teenager was released from prison on August 22, according to information provided by the Human Rights Foundation of Los Llanos (Fundehullan) and Foro Penal. The teenager, who was detained in the Center for the Care of Minors in Barinas, had suffered facial paralysis after his arrest.
Fundehullan said to SuchWhich The boy, who had been in custody since August 2, suffered facial paralysis on August 12, having started to feel some symptoms the day before. The organization explained that the exact reasons for the paralysis were not known.
The organization had demanded that the authorities guarantee Article 43 of the Constitution, which states that “The State shall protect the lives of persons who are deprived of their liberty, performing military or civil service, or subject to its authority in any other way.”
The teenager had been transferred to the Luis Razetti hospital two days after suffering paralysis and was then returned to the detention center. The president of Fundehullan, Roland García, indicated that there is opacity regarding the status of the detained persons, both for relatives and for the organizations that try to provide them with legal assistance.
Foro Penal reported that the teenager was given precautionary measures: presentation every eight days before the Barinas judicial circuit and prohibition of leaving the country.
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He was one of 129 teenagers detained in the post-election context in Venezuelaaccording to Foro Penal’s records. Following the presidential elections on July 28, protests were recorded in different parts of the country in rejection of the results partially delivered by the National Electoral Council, which gave Nicolás Maduro a victory for a third term.
Fundehullan urged the Venezuelan State to fully and urgently release people with pathologies and health problems who are detained.
On August 9, 17 organizations and specialists defending children’s rights in Latin America and the Caribbean expressed concern about the impact of the political crisis in Venezuela on children.
In the statement they warned that the Detained adolescents have not been able to have contact with their parents or with human rights defendersThey also said there was no information about their legal status or physical condition.
“They are not allowed private defense and remain detained in police stations, where it is presumed that they are with adults. There is a delay in their presentation in court, exceeding the 24-hour period established by national law, and in all known cases the charge of the crime of terrorism has been made,” the authorities rejected. organizations.
Foro Penal reported on August 23 that there are 1,674 political prisoners in Venezuela, the highest number they have recorded so far. In addition, the number has multiplied by five in just one month.
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