During the early hours of this Sunday, the release of political prisoners in Venezuela continued. The Penal Forum reported that so far was able to register and verify a total of 131 releases since the beginning of this processbut clarified that in most cases the authorities of the Chavista regime did not grant full freedom.
“Those released from prison must appear before the courts tomorrow, Monday, where alternative measures to the deprivation of liberty will be imposed”the NGO indicated in a statement.
In the Yare 3 penitentiary center, located in the state of Miranda, 26 releases were carried out, all corresponding to adult men. However, according to the Penal Forum, More than 200 political prisoners still remain in this facility.
In the case of Stump86 releases were verified, but more than 800 people continue to be held there under conditions of deprivation of liberty for political reasons.
Despite these releases, The Penal Forum estimates that there are still more than 1,700 political prisoners in Venezuelaa figure that reflects the persistence of arrests after the electoral fraud of July 28.
The process occurs in a context marked by the post-electoral environment, where calls from human rights organizations and the international community have intensified for the release of all those detained for political reasons.
For its part, the NGO Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) reported that among those released there are five teenagers released from a prison in the state of La Guaira (north).
The organization indicated through X that the minors were released on Saturday night, while sharing a video of the young people meeting their families outside the detention center.
Likewise, he reported that Four other teenagers remain detained in that prison facility.
“From the OVP we demand that they be fully released, like all those arbitrarily detained during the post-election protests,” he added.
On Saturday, the NGO reported that four teenagers, also detained in the context of the post-electoral crisis, were released from a prison in the state of Guárico (center).
He pointed out that the four young people received precautionary measures so – he maintained – their trial will continue from Caracas.
The attorney general of the Chavista regime, Tarek William Saabassured on Saturday that 225 freedom measures were “granted and executed” to people detained after the electoral fraud, after requesting that the courts resolve these cases.
The Prosecutor’s Office published this information through Instagram hours after various NGOs announced more than a hundred releases that were recorded since dawn and during Saturday in various prisons in Venezuela.
According to the institution, which did not detail which prisons in the country the people who received the measures were in, the request to review the cases was made based on “exhaustive investigations based on new evidence and elements of evidence collected by prosecutors.”
The Venezuelan opposition celebrated the release of these people. Nevertheless, demanded the definitive release of all political prisoners without any type of measure that keeps their judicial processes open.
Maria Corina Machado He claimed to feel “an immense relief” knowing that these innocent people “are returning to their homes and to the joy of their families, to be able to hug them again” and he valued their bravery throughout this last time.
“They are citizens who have suffered irreparable harm unjustly. They are heroes of this long and painful struggle. Your country accompanies you with our prayers and “History will recognize his sacrifice.”said in an indirect reference to the growing persecution in Venezuela and the multiple allegations of torture and inhumane conditions to which prisoners are subjected.
Machado also recognized “the love and bravery of their familiesas well as the risk of human rights defenders”, who did not lower their arms and, through their efforts and complaints, made his departure possible.
Despite the joy, the anti-Chavista recalled that there are still hundreds of unjustly detained and all of them “They deserve full freedom and not to continue at the mercy of these judges of terror.” “Venezuela is united in the fight to achieve this. “There will be justice”he promised.
