There are almost 2,000 political prisoners in Venezuela according to Foro Penal
In Venezuela there are 1936 political prisoners, 20 more than last week, when 1,916 people were deprived of liberty for the same reasons, according to information from the NGO Foro Penal released this Friday.
Through X, the organization detailed that, of the total number of detainees, 1,698 are men and 238 women, of which 1,868 are adults and 68 adolescents between 14 and 17 years of age.
He specified that, of the total number of arrests, 1,814 were made after the presidential elections on July 28, when a crisis broke out due to the denunciation of fraud made by the Democratic Unitary Platform.
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The democratic opposition affirms that its candidate Edmundo Gonzรกlez Urrutia is the elected president, compared to the official result, which gave a supposed victory to Nicolรกs Maduro, and of which no evidence has been published to date.
The post-election crisis unleashed protests that caused, according to the Executive, 27 deaths and more than 2,400 detainees, a figure that considerably exceeds that of Foro Penal.
18,000 political prisoners in Venezuela since 2014
The NGO explained to EFE that its figures are different from those announced by the authorities because the organization They only count arrests that qualify as arbitrary, that is, when there are no elements of guilt.
The regime blames the protesters for generate “violence” and “vandalism” in several public places, while the opposition accuses state security agents of repression in the protests.
Since 2014, Foro Penal has registered almost 18,000 political prisoners in Venezuela, in addition to 9,000 people who remain arbitrarily subject to measures restricting their freedom.
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