Relatives of political prisoners in Venezuela denounced this Tuesday, January 28 that human rights violations have not only accentuated against direct victims, but now also tries to criminalize activism for freedom and imprisonment conditions
“Forced disappearance and other types of human rights violations, it is normalized,” was one of the phrases with which relatives of political prisoners in Venezuela alerted international organizations about what more than 1600 people who continue after the bars live .
This Tuesday, January 28, a group of human rights activists denounced the accentuation of the repression policy against direct and indirect victims of those who remain imprisoned.
They assured that in the different seclusion centers, whether prisons and detachments of security agencies, political prisoners are not allowed the right to defense and due process is violated, since, as they point out, the parameters are not fulfilled legal that establish national and international laws on persons deprived of liberty.
“In Venezuela there is a systematic violation of fundamental law of political prisoners; The right to life vid is not guaranteed, access to food is restricted, water and medication. Death in custody are a tragic reminder of the conditions of imprisonment of political prisoners in Venezuela, ”said Diego Casanova, a member of the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners in Venezuela.
During the press conference, the testimonies of the victims of the abuse and vexations by state officials who guard the prisoners and who are in charge of security during visits were announced.
“The cell lamps are always lit,” is one of the complaints that a political prisoner through his family makes from jail. Thus also described a case in which a mother was forced to undress and be examined in her intimate parts with a lantern prior to entering her son’s 15 -minute visit.
In this sense, the Committee denounced that cruel, degrading and humiliating treatment constitute a violation of human rights that generate psychological and moral damage to detainees as family members. Therefore, they warn that, if these conditions continue to accentuate, “it represents a threat to the life of political prisoners.”
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Sairam Rivas, wife of Jesús Armas who is being held at the Helicoid, requested a pronouncement from the organisms, instances, international work groups in the field of Human Rights in the situation, which described as crimes against humanity; Intermediate to cease arbitrary arrests, they are for freedom, have access to visit and calls at this time of unfair repression.
“Prying to criminalize and pursue the struggle of relatives of political prisoners is a demonstration rather than terrorism is on the side of the regime,” he said.
Francis Fernández, wife of the journalist Carlos Julio Rojas who is being held at the Helicoid, rejected that there are leaders and matches thinking of attending electoral processes while they have their peers in the cells of “The Centers of torture”.
“It is time that is awning that says that he goes to elections that are at the forefront of this fight because those who are there are also politicians and were with you”he said in telling that in Venezuelan prisons there are more than 1600 political prisoners between leaders of parties, social, unions and civil society people without having committed crimes.
Aurora Silva, wife of the deputy of the National Assembly (2015) Freddy Superlano, said that this January 30 turns 60 months without knowing about her husband. Since the arrest, last July, he has not had knowledge about him, beyond a role that they deliver him in the center of seclusion with things they need. He said that when he goes to jail to ask for the visit, the officials tell him that they must wait for the presidency order to allow him to see her husband.
Through a statement, the relatives group required Nicolás Maduro and the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, review all cases of people prey for political reasons and grant them freedom.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content is being published taking into account the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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