Between 139 and 155 political prisoners They have been released in Venezuela since last January 8. This according to the NGO’s count Criminal Forum and the largest opposition coalition, Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD).
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For your partthe PUD registered 155 releases as of 5:20 p.m. local time (9:20 p.m. GMT) today and asked to accelerate the release processes so that “the suffering of political prisoners and their families, who have remained permanently vigil outside many of the penitentiary centers, finally ends.”
On January 8, the president of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, announced the release of a “significant number” of people, which raised expectations among relatives of political prisoners, who have since spent the night outside various prisons awaiting their release.
The organization Provea – dedicated to the defense of human rights – recently stated that “undue delays and authoritarian abuses continue”which, he considered, prevents the completion of the announced releases.
The Venezuelan Executive assures that the country is “free of political prisoners” and that those designated as such are imprisoned for the “commission of terrible punishable acts.”
