Venezuelan NGOs and the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners reported this Saturday that releases continue in several penitentiary centers in the north of the country considered “political prisoners”arrested after protests against the official result of the presidential elections of July 28.
The president of the NGO Foro Penal, Alfredo Romerohas indicated on Instagram that in the penitentiary center of the state of Aragua (north), known as Tocorón, they have been 50 young people released adults, with precautionary measures. “We must remember that in Tocorón there are more than 900 political prisoners due to the post-electoral situation,” he added.
For his part, the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners has pointed out in X that in the prison of the state of Carabobo (north), known as Tocuyito, some 14 peoplewhich thus add to the 10 who had been released from the San Francisco de Yare prison, in the state of Miranda (north), this Saturday morning.
This Saturday, the Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) has confirmed X releases from the La Crisálida Training Center for Female Prosecuted Prisoners, in the state of Miranda, without specifying a figure. The organization has indicated that the released women received precautionary measures.
On Friday, the attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saabannounced that his office asked the courts to review 225 cases of the total number of detainees after the presidential elections on July 28 – estimated at 2,400 people by the Executive.
Saab explained, in a statement broadcast on the state channel Venezuelan Television (VTV), that this decision was made after “exhaustive investigations based on new evidence and elements of evidence” and in coordination with the courts.
Several NGOs and opposition parties have identified about 1,850 people arrested after the presidential elections, in protests against Maduro’s re-election or in police operations, among them 69 minorsas well as dozens of women and soldiers, almost all accused of crimes such as terrorism and conspiracy.
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