Edmundo González and Maria Corina Machado celebrate the release of those detained after the elections in Venezuela

“All Venezuelans share immense relief for each political prisoner who returns home and the joy of their families at being able to hug them again,” Machado declared on his X social network account, adding that “They are citizens who have suffered irreparable harm unjustly”.

The opposition member, who has reiterated that “everyone deserves full freedom and not to continue at the mercy of these judges of terror,” has defined the detainees as “heroes of this long and painful struggle.”

«All political prisoners still in captivity also deserve their immediate freedom. Venezuela is united in the fight to achieve it. “There will be justice”has concluded.

For his part, the presidential candidate, Edmundo González, has stressed that Venezuelans deserve “real justice” and “a change that ends arbitrary detentions as a general and systematic attack.”

«The release of political prisoners today is a step towards reparation for victims of Human Rights violations. We cannot forget that they were unjustly detained, that they spent months in undignified conditions, that they were denied their right to self-defense, that they were accused of being terrorists,” he detailed.

González, after estimating more than 2,000 people “waiting for justice”, has recognized the “tireless effort and commitment of victims, organizations, family members and human rights defenders, to bravely confront State terrorism.”

«Everyone know that as long as there are Venezuelans unjustly detained, our fight does not end. “Justice and freedom for all political prisoners!” he insisted.

“Family reunification” of 225 detainees

The director of the Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal, Alfredo Romeroreported this Saturday the release of at least 107 of those detained due to the protests and violence that occurred after the Venezuelan presidential elections of July 28, in which the opposition denounces Maduro’s victory confirmed by the electoral authorities as fraudulent.

Among those released would be, among others, the former mayor of the municipality of Marcano, Nueva Esparta state, Jose Ramon Diazand the professor of psychology at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) Salvador Riveraaccording to the Cocuyo Effect portal.

This Friday he was the attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saabwhich announced the review of the judicial measures issued against 225 of those detained in the post-election protests in order to achieve their “family reunification”which points to his possible release.

Based on new evidence and evidence, 225 reviews have been requested, he explained, before recalling that 28 people died and nearly 200 were injured in the riots. “This action aims at family reunification, which consolidates the commitment to human rights,” he highlighted.

The review process began after last Monday the president Nicolas Maduro ask to review and rectify in cases where there are errors. Furthermore, the releases occur two days after the death in custody of Jesús Martínez Medina, 36 years old, who had been detained since July 29 in a police cell in the state of Anzoátegui.

In total, it is estimated that some 2,400 people were arrested after the July 28 elections in elections in which the opposition claims that its candidate, Edmundo González, was the clear winner and even published 80 percent of the minutes to support this. thesis.