FundaRedes warns about the violence suffered by more than 200 political prisoners in Venezuelan prisons
More than 200 political prisoners remain in “deplorable” prison conditions, affected by violence in Venezuelan prisons, reported this Wednesday the NGO FundaRedes.
The organization stated in its account in X that women are overcrowded, without access to basic services and affected by gender violence.
The “patterns of violence that are repeated,” notes the NGO, are psychological, sexual, institutional and physical, which reflect “serious human rights violations.”
FundaNetes demanded that the Venezuelan State guarantee human rights and dignity to imprisoned women. He stated that the government must also “guarantee justice.”
Deplorable confinement conditions and violence in prisons are the reality faced by more than 200 women political prisoners in our country.
Dozens of them suffer from a prison environment marked by overcrowding, lack of access to basic services, and… pic.twitter.com/UwLWB9MVGb
— FundaREDES (@FundaREDES_) December 4, 2024
Women suffer prison violence
On Tuesday, 29 inmates who were in cells of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) were transferred to a penitentiary center in Miranda, reported the Human Rights Committee of Vente Venezuela (VV).
The women were arrested after the presidential elections on July 28, when a crisis marked by protests and police operations broke out.
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