A group of six teenagers detained in the context of protests against the controversial re-election of the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduroin the July 28 elections, will be tried, after being presented on Wednesday at a preliminary hearing in the state of Carabobo (north), “without any procedural benefit,” NGOs and the majority opposition denounced this Thursday.
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According to the organization Justicia, Encuentro y Perdón (JEP), which monitors six of the cases, the teenagers, despite the fact that “they pleaded innocent, were accused of the crimes of terrorism and incitement to hatred,” after which “a trial was ordered.” ” and will not have “any procedural benefit.”
All these young people very gallantly refused, despite all the terrible situation they have experienced.
“They were forcing them to admit the facts. All of these young people very gallantly refused, despite all the terrible situation they have experienced, to admit the facts, which is why yesterday (Wednesday), in a preliminary hearing, a trial was ordered. , without any type of procedural benefit,” the general coordinator of JEP, Martha Tineo, told EFE.
Through X, This non-governmental organization condemned “the indolence towards these young people”who – he expressed – “have been deprived of their freedom for two months and are now denied the possibility of returning to their families and continuing with their studies and sports activities.”
“We urge the authorities of the Justice system to review these cases, enforcing guarantees of due process and respect for their human rights. It is absolutely condemnable that young people who have not committed any crime are criminalized, causing serious injuries to their present and future,” said the NGO, which demanded the “full and immediate freedom” of the adolescents.
On the same social network, the Vente Venezuela (VV) party, of the opposition leader María Corina Machadoalso rejected the minors’ trial.
#URGENT We stand in solidarity with the mothers of 6 teenagers from the state of Carabobo detained in the post-election context who were transferred for a preliminary hearing today #02Oct and in which case a trial was ordered without any procedural benefit. Even though they pleaded innocent…
— Justice, Encounter and Forgiveness (@JEPvzla) October 2, 2024
Relatives of detained young people protest
This Thursday, relatives and friends of those detained in the context of post-election protests requested the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), through an appeal for protection, to review the precautionary measures of the prisoners, who are accused of various crimes such as terrorism and incitement to hate.
Also They asked for respect for due process for those detained.
The NGO Foro Penal counts in Venezuela 1,905 detainees considered “political prisoners”, 1,767 of them arrested after the presidential elections, among them 67 adolescents, aged 14 to 17 years.
EFE
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