Venezuelan non-governmental organization Foro Penal announced On Tuesday, it announced that all minors who had been unfairly detained in the aftermath of socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro's highly fraudulent presidential election have been released.
Over the past few months, Detective Foro has documented at least 129 children between the ages of 14 and 17 who have been unlawfully detained. torturedAnd he has been charged with “terrorism” by the Maduro government for allegedly taking part in a series of nationwide protests that erupted after the highly fraudulent presidential election on July 28th — after local authorities released voter data and Dictator Maduro claims he “won” the election, even as he continues to refuse to release voting data. Documents that can support the claimed results.
As of mid-November, 69 minors had been unlawfully detained;certified” Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), said on social media.
Foro Penal director Alfredo Romero announced Tuesday night that all remaining minors in custody had been released as of this week. Romero celebrated this as “good news” but stressed that this year was the highest Christmas ever for political prisoners in Venezuela, with around 1,800 adults still unjustly imprisoned.
Hours after the highly fraudulent presidential election on July 28, nationwide protests erupted. President Nicolas Maduro responded to protests by launching brutal persecution campaign UN experts estimate that 27 people have been killed and more than 2,400 detained. maduro government officials claimed In August, it announced that none of the recorded deaths could be attributed to the socialist regime, as “not a single complaint has been filed” against the state's security forces.
Administration officials also rejected It claimed that “school-age children” had been detained and denied the reports as part of a “smear campaign” against the ruling socialists. Venezuela's interior minister and long-suspected drug lord Diosdado Cabello finally takes office. recognized He acknowledged that minors were detained during the crackdown, but blamed the arrests on their parents, who allegedly allowed the “protests.”
Some parents of released minors have told media outlets and UN experts in recent months: blame Their children were subjected to acts of torture such as suffocation, brutal beatings, electric shocks, and other deteriorate Unjust treatment during imprisonment included being “stripped naked in front of the rest of the detainees, including adult males, and being groped and molested.” Several minors were reportedly forced to record videos “confessing” to their crimes.
Foro Penal informed It was announced on Monday that as of December 23, 19 foreign nationals with dual citizenship and 31 Venezuelans remain unjustly detained as political prisoners of the Maduro regime.
In recent weeks, the Maduro government has also arrested Several Americans standing together in the defendant other Unjustly detained foreign nationals who allegedly plotted to assassinate top dictator Nicolas Maduro and aimed to “sabotage” Venezuela's national infrastructure through “terrorist attacks.” As of press time, the Maduro government has not publicly provided evidence to support its accusations.
Earlier this week, the Venezuelan Attorney General's Office announced It announced the release of a group of 223 Venezuelans who were unfairly detained during the regime's repression campaign, claiming that a total of 956 people had been released following an “investigation” into the incident by local authorities.
According to Venezuela's attorney general's office, the cases being considered relate to “grave events intended to provoke civil war” after the highly fraudulent July 28 election. The number of people released has reportedly been questioned by local non-governmental organizations, who have accused the Maduro government of “lying” with official statistics.
