politics
BREAKING NEWS
Under the slogan «Let them all be», relatives, human rights defenders and friends of political prisoners gathered this Thursday, February 19, outside the Yare penitentiary center. The objective of the day was to hold a collective prayer to make the situation of the detainees visible and demand their immediate release. The [...]
TL;DR
- Families, human rights defenders, and friends of political prisoners gathered outside Yare penitentiary.
- The objective was a collective prayer to demand the immediate release of detainees.
- The mobilization responds to the stagnation of release processes in the country.
- Protesters recalled a public commitment made on January 8 for mass releases that have not materialized.
- The Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners stated that thousands of Venezuelans are still arbitrarily detained for political reasons.
- The committee denounced that promises have not been kept and families' uncertainty is increasing.