Amnesty Alert for "an Alarming Increase" of Arrests of Activists in Venezuela

Amnesty International warned of a "an alarming increase" in the arrests of activists and demanded that people who, according to the human rights defence group, were arrested arbitraryly.

Organizations denounced during the closing of the campaign of the parliamentary and regional elections, the arrests of communicator and publicist José Raúl Amiel and human rights defender Frewil Rangel. The National College of Journalists, Caracas sectional, reported that around 9.45 p.m. on the night that a group of officials entered Amiel’s home in Caracas without a warrant and took him into custody. Amiel, who usually engages in social activi…

“We are following reports of an alarming increase in arrests of persons associated with unions, political parties, community organizations and other active groups”, said the organization, in communication, on Saturday. The AI said that arrests “unfailurely confirm the standards of a policy of persecution of opinions and discretion in the context of electoral processes” and demanded that the authorities “free all arbitrary arrests”. Hours ago, th…

Amnesty International (AI) warned of a "an alarming increase" in the arrests of activists in Venezuela and demanded that the authorities release persons who, according to the human rights defence group, were arbitrary arrests. "We are following reports of an alarming increase in arrests of persons associated with unions, political parties, community organizations and other active groups," said the organization, in communication, on Saturday.

“States concerned about the crisis in Venezuela have an obligation to demand justice. We remember that crimes against humanity do not prescribe,” said the organization through X Amnesty International demanded the release of all people...

In the last few hours, at least five arrests in Caracas, Guárico and Portuguesa were reported. The Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners (ClippVe) denounced on Friday, 23 May, the arrest of Naomi Arnaudez, a human rights defender and activist for the rights of women, and Carlos Marcano, a communicator, university professor and marathonist. Both were arrested in Caracas by unidentified officials and, since then, her whereabouts are unk…