The MEPs affirmed that the release of the humanitarian worker would be perceived as “a show of willingness to dialogue” by the Maduro administration.
The humanitarian worker of Italian nationality Alberto Trentini celebrated one year in prison in Venezuela on November 15. The reasons for his arrest are unknown. This Wednesday, November 26, a group of 39 Italian MEPs called on the Venezuelan authorities to demand their release.
«We have called for any available channel to be opened in respect of human rights, international law and article 11 of the Italian Constitution. May he return to his family. May his story find an outcome of justice and humanity,” they noted in the text released by PD MEP Stefano Bonaccini.
Among the signatories are MEPs from the Brothers of Italy, the Democratic Party (PD), the 5 Star Movement or the Green and Left Alliance.
The MEPs stated that the release of the humanitarian worker would be perceived as “a show of willingness to dialogue” on the part of the Maduro administration.
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Alberto Trentini worked as a cooperator in Venezuela for the NGO Humanity & Inclusion. He was detained on November 15, allegedly at a checkpoint while traveling from Caracas to Guasdualito, in the state of Apure, according to his relatives.
He government of italy He has said that he keeps “all channels” active to achieve the freedom of Trentini, whose case has been described as “complex and difficult to solve.”
According to Foro Penal, 43 foreign political prisoners remain detained in Venezuela.
According to the NGO registry, among those detained is a Frenchman, in addition to 10 Colombians, 4 Spaniards, 3 Dutch, 3 Hondurans, 2 Ukrainians, 2 Germans, 2 Argentines, 2 Ecuadorians and 2 Peruvians. Citizens of other nationalities also remain deprived of liberty: a Czech, a Cuban, a Guyanese, a Hungarian, an Iranian, an Iranian-Irish, an Italian, a Lebanese, a Pakistani, a Panamanian, a Polish-Ukrainian and a Romanian.
With information from swissinfo.ch
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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