politics
Relatives of Political Prisoners Complete 80 Hours on Hunger Strike: 9 Out of 10 Women Who Started the Protest Remain
A group of women, relatives of political prisoners in Venezuela, completed 80 hours on Tuesday of a hunger strike outside a police command in Caracas to demand the release of their family members. Nine of the ten women who began the strike at 6:00 local time (10:00 GMT) on Saturday remain, as one of them fell ill on Monday and was taken to a hospital by taxi due to the unavailability of ambulances, activist Diego Casanova, a member of the NGO Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners (Clipp), told EFE.
TL;DR
- Nine women are on their 80th hour of a hunger strike outside a police command in Caracas.
- The protest aims to secure the release of political prisoners.
- One of the ten initial women strikers was hospitalized due to illness.
- An NGO, Clipp, criticizes the state's indifference and risks to protesters' health.
- The strike is connected to delays in passing an amnesty law, with disagreements over an article.
- Police allegedly prevented the entry of hydrating serums for inmates on hunger strike.