November 16, 2024, 7:30 PM
November 16, 2024, 7:30 PM
Venezuelan NGOs and the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners reported this Saturday that the releases continue in several penitentiary centers in the north of the country of those considered “political prisoners”, detained after protests against the official result of the presidential elections of the July 28.
The president of the NGO Foro Penal, Alfredo Romero, indicated on Instagram that in the penitentiary center of the state of Aragua (north), known as Tocorón, 50 young adults have been releasedwith precautionary measures.
“We must remember that in Tocorón there are more than 900 political prisoners due to the post-electoral situation,” he added.
For its part, the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners indicated in X that in the prison of the state of Carabobo (north), known as Tocuyito, about 14 people have been releasedwho thus join the 10 who had been released from the San Francisco de Yare prison, in the state of Miranda (north), this Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, the NGO Fundehullan shared a photograph of Luis Alarcón, a 22-year-old young man who suffers from diabetes, and who was one of those released from the Tocorón prison.
This Saturday, the Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) confirmed X releases from the La Crisálida Training Center for Female Prosecuted Women, in the state of Miranda, without specifying a figure.
The organization indicated that the released women received precautionary measures.
On Friday, Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, announced that His office asked the courts to review 225 cases of the total number of detainees after the presidential elections on July 28 – estimated at 2,400 people by the Executive.
Saab explained, in a statement broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), that this decision was made “after exhaustive investigations based on new evidence and elements of evidence” and in coordination with courts.
Several NGOs and opposition parties have identified around 1,850 people arrested after the presidential elections, in protests against Maduro’s re-election or in police operations, among them 69 minors, as well as dozens of women and soldiers, almost all accused of crimes such as terrorism and conspiracy.
Venezuelan opponents welcomed the release of several dozen people considered “political prisoners.”
“Today, these innocent people are under the embrace of their mothers and relatives who fought bravely without giving up, so that they could be released. They should never have been imprisoned and they should all leave freely,” said former governor Henrique Capriles on the social network X.
