The regime of Nicolas Maduro started this Saturday release political prisoners who protested against electoral fraud on July 28 in Venezuela. Alfredo Romerodirector of the NGO Criminal Forumconfirmed to Infobae that from the first hours of today detainees were released. Until now, 10 people left the Yare III penitentiary center. There are also procedures in stump and in the women’s prison of The Chrysalises.
“The process is happening now. In Tocorón they are starting in a short time (time) and in Yare III they have only released 10″Romero told this media.
Meanwhile, the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP) confirmed X releases from the La Crisálida Training Center for Female Defendants without specifying a figure. The organization indicated that the released women received precautionary measures.
These releases occur after the death of Jesus Manuel Martinez Medina in the state of Anzoátegui, who died while in the custody of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin).
Martínez He suffered from diabetes and a heart problem, according to the opposition leader. Maria Corina Machado. Before his arrest, he served as “table witness” in the presidential elections in Aragua of Barcelonaelections marked by fraud allegations against Maduro.
According to Machado’s own account, Martínez He was arrested at his home by Sebin agents on the night of July 29, without search warrant or legal justification. After being arrested, he was transferred to cells in Anzoategui which the leader described as “subhuman”.
The opponent denounced that the precarious hygienic conditions in the cells significantly aggravated the health of Martínez. “He was under such precarious hygienic conditions that he had necrosis in both legs,” he explained. Besides, He stated that Martínez suffered mistreatment during his detention.
After confirming the death of the political prisoner, the attorney general Tarek William Saab announced this Friday that the Venezuelan prosecutor’s officealigned with Chavismo, has requested the review of hundreds of cases of opponents detained after the protests after the July 28 elections.
According to Saab, in compliance with the Constitution that guarantees “the right to defense, the presumption of innocence and trial by natural judges”have been requested 225 reviews of judicial measures for those prosecuted for those events that shook the country. However, no details were offered on how this measure will be implemented.
“This action, which seeks the family unificationratifies the commitment of Venezuelan institutions to peace, justice and human rights,” Saab declared in an official statement.
The protests arose after the controversial July electionsin which the opposition demonstrated the victory of Edmundo González Urrutiawhile the ruling party proclaimed Nicolas Maduro without presenting evidence. This triggered massive demonstrations in several cities of the countrywhere citizens demanded respect for their electoral will and rejected a new mandate from Maduro.
The mobilizations were strongly repressed by the security forces, who also arrested dozens of opposition leaders and collaborators close to the dissidents. On repeated occasions, Maduro urged his officials to guarantee “justice” in these cases.
For its part, Diosdado Hairconsidered the number two in the regime, adopted a tougher stance. During his television program, he acknowledged that among the detainees there are minors and responded ironically to the criticism: “There they are putting pressure on the political prisoners, with those children who are detained. Where were your parents on July 29 and 30? “They worry now, but they should have done it before.”
Meanwhile, The relatives of the detainees and human rights defenders have intensified their demonstrations to demand the release of the prisoners. They report that many of them they are incommunicadowithout access to adequate defense and in inhumane conditions of confinement.
The Human Rights Observatory of the University of Los Andes (ODH-ULA) expressed its “deep concern about the increase in state repression and political persecution”pointing out that alleged crimes such as “terrorism, incitement to hatred, treason, conspiracy and resistance to authority”.
