Protesters arrived at the Brazilian Embassy to ask Lula to intercede for political prisoners

  • Sep, Wed, 2024
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During the morning of this Wednesday Protesters marched to the Brazilian Embassy in Caracas to deliver a document and to ask the president of that country, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to intercede with the government of Nicolás Maduro for the freedom of Venezuelan political prisoners.

Relatives of political prisoners in Venezuela, as well as representatives of NGOs and civil society in general, marched from Plaza Bolívar in Chacao with banners showing those detained by the Maduro government before and after the presidential elections on July 28.

Opponents demand an end to repression in Venezuela at the Brazilian Embassy

The spokesperson for the relatives of political prisoners, Andreína Baduel, said that the reason for the gathering in front of the Brazilian Embassy is ask President Lula da Silva to mediate to stop torture and human rights violations and to free all political prisoners.

“In Venezuela, dissent continues to be criminalized and there are 2,500 families with political prisoners who are threatened and tortured,” Baduel told the media.

“We ask the world not to forget that in Venezuela we continue to be victims of violations of our human rights,” he added.

Opponents too They called for mobilizations to every diplomatic headquarters of the Brazilian government in the worldto which he invited Venezuelan migrants to carry banners with messages in support of political prisoners in the country, estimated at 1,793 by the non-governmental organization Foro Penal.

Through X, Edmundo González Urrutia’s campaign team published calls for participation in countries such as Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, the United States, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, among others.

Wednesday’s mobilization took place a few days after González Urrutia left Venezuelawhere he says he suffered political and judicial persecution after the elections.









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