Relatives of the political prisoners denounced to the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP) the conditions in which they are released from the Tocuyito prison. The OVP insisted that the release of the detainees must be carried out without restrictions or conditions that violate their rights.
The Public Ministry (MP) reported this Monday, December 30, that “1,369 releases” linked to the post-election protests on July 28 have been carried out.
Through a statement published on Instagram, he detailed that “a total of four were requested and agreed between December 26 and December 30.”e 413 measurement reviewswhich added to those processed previously reaches the figure of 1,369 releases granted to defendants within the framework of respect and unrestricted observance of the principles and guarantees enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic.
These releases have occurred simultaneously with new arrests in recent weeks, including those of activists and members of the organization Vente Venezuela. Hence, NGOs and relatives of political prisoners denounce that the revolving door effect is applied.
On Sunday, December 29, relatives of the political prisoners who were taken to the Carabobo Judicial Confinement Center, better known as Tocuyito, denounced to the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP) the conditions in which they are released. According to testimonies, they are taken from prison and abandoned at the Big Low Center terminal in Valencia without money, without the right to a phone call and in civilian clothes.
Furthermore, they stated that those released “must sign a commitment in which they assure that they will not tell the press what they experienced in prison, otherwise they will be imprisoned again” and that they are forced to record videos in which they must affirm that they received good treatment. food, that their human rights are not violated and that they were not mistreated. “They leave them lying there, without the right to a call, and if there are many people they leave them in the back of the terminal,” said those close to them, who explained that they are released in small groups, keeping distance from each other to avoid calling the police. attention.
The Venezuelan Prisons Observatory insisted that the release of detainees must be carried out without restrictions or conditions that violate their rights.
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