Javier Tarazona on the amnesty law proposal: "One of the great steps to reconcile is to achieve justice"

The director of Fundaredes, Javier Tarazona, assured that one of the most important tasks with the amnesty law proposal is to achieve justice for the thousands of detainees in the country, whether for common crimes or political reasons. Furthermore, he considered that the serious violations of human rights in the country should not be repeated.

“One of the great steps to reconcile is to achieve justice… “Venezuela longs for a reunion, and that reunion then demands that discriminatory and punitive policies not be followed, a number of laws that they do is persecute,” said the human rights defender.

He said this in the vicinity of the La Candelaria Church, in Caracas, after be released this Sunday morning. At the scene, the activist He stated that he was “very moved” by the stories he learned during his captivity, especially from people who are not visible in the media.

“The freedom of one is the hope of all,” said Javier Tarazona. In his opinion, there is “a lot of hope” in the amnesty message promised by the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez. Likewise, he expressed his commitment to guarantee justice.

“I agree that an answer can be given. Today there are 84 thousand mothers like mine, who are here by my side celebrating and giving thanks that their children are in captivity. There are hundreds of thousands who have procedural delays… Some deplorable conditions, but we also have procedural delays, “Hundreds of prisoners who have served their sentences and have been sentenced to death, with one, two or three years served, and the system has not given them freedom,” he said.

Javier Tarazona and his confinement in El Helicoide

The Fundaredes representative was held for four years and seven months at the Sebin headquarters in El Halicoide, a detention center that will be closed. In this regard, Tarazona considers that this measure does not solve the problem that the Venezuelan judicial system is going through.

“I believe that the problem of Venezuelan justice, or Venezuelan injustice, is not resolved by closing El Helicoide. It is wonderful that that place does not exist, but there are many places, even worse than that space… It is about recognizing that in Venezuela the system, the judicial apparatus, has been used to punish, but not to correct,” he said.

He stated: “We can correct, we can transform the reality that the country is experiencing into something different, into something different. Non-repetition involves recognizing and overcoming traumas, because if not, obviously future generations will continue (the mistakes).”