Young people in Yare III detained in protests were transferred to Tocorón
Without prior notice, a group of young people in Yare III, detained in the post-election protestswere transferred to the Aragua Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, reported the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory.
According to the NGO, in principle the place of transfer and the list of names were unknown, however, relatives of the young people followed the transport units and were able to confirm that the destination was Tocorón.
This morning, in the vicinity of the compound prepared by the government to send protesters, mothers shouted to their children to be strong. “God bless you. Wherever you go, I will go with you,” the women said as the units entered the prison.
He Venezuelan Prisons Observatory He recalled that these people were arbitrarily detained in the context of the post-election protests and the State denies them the right to have a trusted lawyer.
According to the latest report from Foro Penal, as of November 25 there were a total of 1,903 political prisoners in the country, of which 1,861 are adults and 42 are adolescents.
Yesterday, the Public Ministry announced the release of the teenager Mariana González, 16 years old, detained in Carabobo and author of a letter sent to her mother in which she said she felt “without strength” and “without the desire to live.”
Through Instagram, the Prosecutor’s Office detailed that, in coordination with the National Service of Medicine and Forensic Sciences – attached to the Ministry of the Interior -, this Wednesday a medical evaluation was carried out on González, without specifying more details, and the review was requested. of the measure.
“This request was now agreed to by the corresponding court, and said young woman is free,” the Prosecutor’s Office indicated.
After the announcement of the release, the NGO Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners stated in X that the teenager was “unjustly imprisoned.”
«No child should remain imprisoned. We demand the immediate freedom of all children and adolescents who remain unjustly detained and of all political prisoners in Venezuela,” the organization stated.
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