US EditionVenezuela Inflates Release Figures as Political Prisoners Remain in Limbo
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Some 80 families have been sleeping outside the El Rodeo I prison since January 8, demanding the release of their relatives in political detention.
Venezuela inflates release figures as political prisoners remain in limbo
At the gates of Venezuelan detention centers, it is mostly women who wait: mothers, daughters, sistersOriginally published on Global VoicesThose waiting at the entrances of Venezuelan detention centers are mostly women: mothers, daughters, sisters, used with permission. Photo by: Daniel Eceverría in Rodeo 1, Caracas. used with permission. During the first days of Venezuela’s interim government under Delcy Rodríguez, officials announced the relea…
Foro Penal points to more than 150 released and emphasizes that another 780 political prisoners are still in prison. Venezuela’s Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, criticized what he describes as false figures about a smaller number of releases than that announced by Caracas.
Venezuelan authorities claim that more than 400 political prisoners have been released, contrary to data from independent organizations.
The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, denied this Thursday that there is slowness in the process of the release of "political prisoners" that, he said, began on December 24 and has remained during this month of January to concrete, so far, "more" of 400 measures. "I reject any campaign against this action [...] The entry Prosecutor Saab denies slowness in the release of "political prisoners" was first published in Foco Informati…
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