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Unitary Platform solidarity with relatives of political prisoners on hunger strike: “Enough of so much suffering!”
Venezuela's largest opposition coalition, the Democratic Unity Platform (PUD), expressed solidarity on Monday with ten women, relatives of political prisoners, who remain chained and on a hunger strike outside a police command in Caracas demanding the release of their loved ones. EFE “We express our deepest solidarity with the…
TL;DR
- The Democratic Unity Platform (PUD) expressed solidarity with ten women protesting outside a police command in Caracas.
- The women are chained and on a hunger strike, demanding the release of political prisoners.
- The protest began on Saturday, with concerns about the health of the protesters and the detained individuals.
- The opposition criticizes the government's delay in approving an amnesty law, which was promised for the release of prisoners.
- Police reportedly prevented the delivery of hydration serums to the detained hunger strikers.
- A police official allegedly dismissed the protest as a "show" and a "crime."