He National College of Journalists (CNP) of Venezuela warned about the “considerable deterioration” of the health of Biagio Pilieriopposition leader and social communicator, who this Sunday celebrates 16 months in prison.
In a message published in
“We request humanitarian measures for our detained members and press workers”he added.
For its part, the Human Rights Committee of Vente Venezuela, the party of opposition leader María Corina Machado, stated, also in X, that Pilieri is innocent. Besides that He has spent these 16 months of confinement “isolated” and “without permanent contact with his family.”
They denounce that Biagio Pilieri’s health deteriorates in prison
In this sense, the political party demanded medical attention and freedom for the opponent, a collaborator in the campaign led by Machado for the 2024 presidential elections. In which, the opposition claims that its candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, won. This is despite the fact that the electoral body – controlled by rectors sympathetic to Chavismo – declared the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro.
He August 28 of last yearVente Venezuela reported that Pilieri had been arrested along with his son. This after participating in a demonstration in rejection of the Supreme Court ruling that validated Maduro’s questioned re-election.
Until December 15, the NGO Foro Penal, which leads the legal defense of political prisoners, counted 902 detained for these reasons in Venezuelathe majority after the presidential elections.
However, on Christmas Day the Ministry of Penitentiary Service announced the release of 99 people – including three teenagers – from different prisons. But without publishing an official list of cases.
Different NGOs have requested information and transparency about these releases, of which the Penal Forum has only verified 52. While the NGO Committee for the Liberation of Political Prisoners has confirmed 63, out of 71 reports that they said they received from relatives.
Maduro’s 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.”
