US EditionFamilies of Venezuelan Prisoners Demand Their Release After Weeks of Waiting Outside Prisons
Foro Penal reports about 775 political prisoners remain detained amid government claims of mass releases that local groups dispute.
- On Jan. 15, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello criticized Archbishop Polito Rodríguez on a local television program, saying many political prisoners are drug traffickers and murderers and bishops should not defend "criminals."
- While the government said it freed 400 last week, local groups reported fewer than 100 releases and Foro Penal confirmed 145 freed, with around 775 still detained, Alfredo Romero said.
- At the Jan. 14 Divina Pastora Mass, Archbishop Polito Rodríguez urged political prisoner releases before a procession that draws 3 million; Iribarren Municipality declared him persona non grata amid protests.
- The pope urged prompt release and reconciliation, María Corina Machado, opposition leader, said she sought his intercession on Jan. 12, and Acting President Delcy Rodríguez vowed last week to continue releases.
- Critics note Diosdado Cabello's alleged role in arbitrary detention and violent repression, while families of prisoners hold vigils and report psychological harm with some unreachable for more than six months.
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Caracas (EFE).- The NGO Foro Penal reported this Monday that it registers a total of 777 political prisoners in Venezuela, after a process of release announced by the President of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, a few days after the United States captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3rd in Venezuela.
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