Foro Penal indicated that 64 adolescents and 1,894 adults still remain detained; the majority imprisoned after the elections
The NGO Foro Penal reported this Sunday, November 10, the most recent balance of the number of political prisoners in Venezuela, indicating that as of the 8th of that month, there were 1,963 in the country, of which 1,836 were registered since July 29. in the context of the post-election protests.
Through social networks, the Penal Forum indicated that of the total number of detainees for crimes of conscience, 1,720 are men and 243 are women; 1,801 are civilians; 1,894 are adults and 69 are adolescents.
Statistics indicate that, since the last report last week, six new people have been imprisoned and no releases have been recorded. There are a total of 149 convicted people and 1,810 non-convicted people who are behind bars.
TO mid octoberthe balance of the Penal Forum was 1,936 political prisoners; Most of the arrests occurred starting in July of this year.
The NGO points out that from 2014 to date they have recorded 17,929 arrests for political reasons and that there are still more than 9,000 people arbitrarily subject to measures restricting their freedom.
The opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González greeted the Saturday November 9 that in Venezuela a Committee is formed for the release of political prisoners, an organization that believes it raises its voice in favor of those detained unjustly and arbitrarily by the State security forces.
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Through your account at social networkGonzález Urrutia highlighted that Venezuelans continue to organize and protest to get their loved ones out of prison, as well as affirming that they continue to fight for everyone’s freedom.
On Friday, November 8, relatives of detainees concluded a prayer vigil near the Tocorón prison, in the state of Aragua, where they demanded the “full freedom” of the “political prisoners,” according to the non-governmental organization Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners.
Meanwhile, the political leader María Corina Machado, expressed this Saturday, November 9, her commitment to the freedom of “more than 3,500 political prisoners” in Latin America, among them, those – she affirms – there are in Venezuela, which she trusts that also ” will be free.”
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