González Urrutia highlights that it was not necessary to have a law approved to remove political prisoners from “those dungeons” where they should never have been.
Edmundo González Urrutia celebrates the release of political prisoners, but questions that not all people arbitrarily detained have been given full freedom.
«Personal freedom is not a concession nor an exceptional measure, it is a fundamental right. These releases do not equal full freedom. As long as the cases remain open and restrictive measures, threats or surveillance persist, the persecution continues,” he points out on his account on the social network X.
González Urrutia highlights that it was not necessary to have a law approved to remove political prisoners from “those dungeons” where they should never have been.
He affirms that they will continue to demand the full and immediate freedom of all people detained for political reasons and the definitive closure of arbitrary processes.
“Justice is not satisfied with partial or conditional solutions,” he points out.
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At least 18 political prisoners were released this Sunday, February 8, as confirmed by the organization Foro Penal. Among those released are Luis Somaza, Aldo Rosso, Naomi Arnaudez, Alby Colmenares, Nikoll Arteaga, Ángel Luna, Jesús Armas, Perkins Rocha, Luis Tarbay, Nancy Camacaro, Dignora Hernández, Catalina Ramos, María Oropeza, Robert Franco and Juan Pablo Guanipa.
This Sunday, one month has passed since the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, announced the beginning of a process to release a “significant number” of political prisoners.
The National Assembly is discussing an amnesty bill that it hopes to approve in the coming days to finalize the release of all political prisoners, as Rodríguez informed the relatives of those detained at the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Police, known as Zone 7, in Boleíta, Caracas.
*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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