Public Ministry said that 225 freedom measures were carried out for detainees after elections

The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, assured this Saturday that between Friday afternoon and this Saturday they were “awarded and executed.” 225 measures of freedom to people detained after protests against the official result of the presidential elections of July 28, after requesting that the courts review these cases.

The Public Ministry published this information through Instagram hours after various NGOs announced more than a hundred releases that were recorded since dawn and throughout the day in various prisons in northern Venezuela.

According to the institution, which did not detail which prisons in the country the people who received the measures were in, the request to review the cases was made based on “exhaustive investigations based on new evidence and elements of evidence collected by prosecutors.”

Saab talks about case review

On Friday, the attorney general announced that his office had requested the courts to review these 225 cases of the total number of detainees after the presidential elections on July 28, estimated at 2,400 people by the Executive.

This “has family reunification as its center, consolidates the commitment of Venezuelan institutions to peace, justice and human rights,” concludes a statement read by Saab.

He recalled that these cases are “related to violent actions that occurred after” the elections.whose official result, which gave victory to Nicolás Maduro, is considered fraudulent by the majority opposition and a large part of the international community.

Meanwhile, the NGO Criminal Forumwhich is among the organizations that assisted the detainees, noted that at least 107 people linked to the post-election protests were released from various prisons in the country this Saturday, a figure that does not include an undetermined number of women released from a center female penitentiary.

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The releases took place throughout Saturday in small groups to add up to more than 100 at the end of the day.

According to NGOs and opposition parties, 1,850 people were arrested after the presidential elections in protests against Maduro’s re-election or in police operations. Among them are 69 minors, as well as dozens of women and soldiers, almost all accused of crimes such as terrorism and conspiracy.

The figure is lower than what the Government manages, since NGOs exclude people who, they consider, have committed a crime and only consider those who qualify as “political prisoners.”