This Saturday, November 16, the release of more than 70 political prisoners, detained after the elections of July 28, took place. Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado spoke about the measure and pointed out that “all” those detained for political reasons in Venezuela deserve “full freedom” and “justice.”
The coordinator of Vente Venezuela, María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia spoke on the afternoon of this Saturday, November 16, about the release of political prisoners, detained after the elections of July 28. Both agreed that “all political prisoners” in Venezuela deserve “full freedom” and “justice.”
«There are still more than 2000 people waiting for justice! (…) Let everyone know that as long as there are Venezuelans unjustly detained, our fight does not end. Justice and freedom for all political prisoners! », the ambassador wrote in X.
While Machado highlighted that “Everyone deserves full freedom and not to continue at the mercy of these judges of terror. All political prisoners still in captivity also deserve their immediate freedom. “There will be justice.”
We Venezuelans deserve real justice, a change that ends arbitrary detentions as a general and systematic attack.
The release of political prisoners today is a step towards reparation for victims of human rights violations. We can’t… pic.twitter.com/ZbbvAUvJNM
— Edmundo González (@EdmundoGU) November 16, 2024
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For González Urrutia, the measure carried out this Saturday represents “a step” towards reparation for victims of human rights violations.
«The release of political prisoners today is a step towards reparation for victims of human rights violations. We cannot forget that they were unjustly detained, that they spent months in undignified conditions, that they were denied their right to self-defense, that they were accused of being terrorists,” he explained.
Both also had words for the victims, their families and human rights organizations. “You have deafened the world with your cry for justice,” said the diplomat. Machado highlighted “the bravery” of the relatives of the detainees, “as well as the rigorous work of human rights defenders, inside and outside Venezuela.”
All Venezuelans share immense relief for each political prisoner who returns home and the joy of their families at being able to hug them again.
They are citizens who have suffered irreparable harm unjustly. They are heroes of this long and painful struggle. Your country…
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) November 16, 2024
70 political prisoners released
The non-governmental organizations (NGO) Penal Forum, Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP) and the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners confirmed the release of several political prisoners held in the Yare III prisons, La Crisálida Training Center for Female Prosecuted Women ( Miranda state), Tocorón (Aragua) and Tocuyito (Carabobo).
According to Alfredo Romero, director of Penal Forum, until 1:15 in the afternoon this Saturday there were at least 70 political prisoners released.
According to the most recent report from the Penal Forum, until November 13, 2023, in Venezuela the number of political prisoners reaches 1,976.
This Saturday’s releases come after the Attorney General’s Office promised to accelerate the criminal proceedings against the adolescents and young people detained after July 28, and after the ruler Nicolás Maduro requested to “rectify” if there were errors in the arrests during the post-election protests.
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