The NGO Foro Penal reported 1,953 political prisoners, of which 1,824 since July 29, 2024: “We registered and classified the largest number of political prisoners known in Venezuela in the 21st century.”
The Venezuelan non-governmental organization (NGO) Foro Penal (FP) reported this Friday that 1,953 people are detained for political reasons in Venezuela, the highest number recorded in the 21st century.
The NGO also indicated that, since last week, 19 new political arrests have been registered in the country and that more than nine thousand people continue to be “arbitrarily subjected” to restrictions on their freedom.
“Balance of political prisoners recorded by the Penal Forum in Venezuela: 1,953 political prisoners of which 1,824 since July 29, 2024 [início dos protestos pós-eleições presidenciais]. We register and classify the largest number of political prisoners known in Venezuela, at least in the 21st century, and we continue to receive and register detainees,” the NGO reported in the social network.
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— Penal Forum (@ForoPenal) October 25, 2024
According to the FP, among those detained, 1,711 are men and 242 women and 1,792 are civilians and 161 are military, including 69 teenagers.
The NGO also stated that only the 148 detainees were convicted by the courts.
“Since 2014, 17,939 political arrests have been registered in Venezuela. The FP provided free assistance to more than 14,000 detainees, currently released, and other victims of human rights violations.”said the NGO.
On October 20, hundreds of people opposed to the regime demonstrated in several countries to ask the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help children detained in Venezuela following the country’s July 28 presidential elections.
The opposition party Vente Venezuela (VV), led by former deputy María Corina Machado, said in a statement that the demonstrations took place in 60 cities in countries such as the United States, Spain, Sweden, Israel, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium and Netherlands.
in venezuela Complaints from relatives of detainees in the context of post-election protests are frequentreporting that they have to travel hundreds of kilometers to try, often unsuccessfully, to visit their detained relatives.
On October 18, dozens of relatives of political prisoners protested in Caracas, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Penitentiary Service, to demand that the detainees be treated with dignity.
They reported that the detention conditions are deplorable, they receive food in poor conditions and prison staff refuse to receive food and personal hygiene items hand over the detainees.
Venezuela, a country that has a significant community of Portuguese and Portuguese descendants, held presidential elections on July 28, after which the National Electoral Council (CNE) awarded victory to the country’s current president, Nicolás Maduro, with just over 51% of the votes. the votes, while the opposition claims that its candidate, former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia, obtained almost 70% of the votes.
HE Venezuelan opposition and many countries denounced electoral fraud and demanded that the voting record be presented for independent verification.
The electoral results have been contested in the streets, with demonstrations repressed by security forces, with, according to authorities, more than 2,400 detained, 27 dead and 192 injured.
The Caracas regime says that a coup d’état is underway, keeps thousands of police and soldiers on the streets to control the protesters, and has asked the population to, anonymously and through the VenAPP application, denounce those who promote the protests.
Source: Observadora
