María Machín, a relative of the former mayor José Luis Machín, said that this transfer “increases injustice” against five political prisoners and imposes a “greater economic burden” to relatives, who must provide food, medicines and personal toilet items, in addition to seeking expenses to move from Barinas to these prisons
The Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners denounced on Thursday 25 the transfer of the former mayor of Barinas José Luis Machín and four other people detained for political reasons to two prisons of the Miranda State.
According to information they collected from their relatives, Machín was transferred with the Junior Rivas student and the engineers Miguel Jorge and José Osorio to the Yare II prison, while Professor Ysaira Villamizar was taken to the National Institute of Women’s Orientation (INOF), located in Los Teques.
The group was arbitrarily arrested on August 25 in the Sosa municipality (city of otters). His relatives denounced that they were subjected to forced disappearance, until they confirmed their arrest the headquarters of Sebin Barinas.
“Family members denounce that the transfer to a state distant from their city of residence complicates the attention and accompaniment they must provide while they are unjustly imprisoned,” He highlighted the NGO In social networks.
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María Machín, a relative of the former mayor, said in A statement That this transfer “increases injustice” and imposes a “greater economic burden” to relatives, who must provide food, medicines and personal toilet items, in addition to seeking expenses to move from Barinas to these prisons.
«They are fathers and mothers, household support and have shown behavior of good citizens in their actions. Barinas knows them and knows that they are peaceful people and always attached to the law and order. This transfer increases injustice and imposes a greater economic burden on relatives who must provide food and everything they need while they are there, ”said relatives.
The Committee recalled that the prison system presents “inhuman conditions”, and adequate food, medical care, drinking water supply, hygiene and health conditions or recreation spaces is not guaranteed. «Much less meet the Mandela principles, recognized by the United Nations as minimum standards for the dignified treatment of people deprived of liberty».
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