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A Venezuelan NGO Denounced a Lack of Official Will to Release Political Prisoners
During a vigil in Caracas, an activist questioned the Venezuelan state and anticipated new peaceful protests. The event closed a series of demonstrations over the situation of detainees and their families.
During a vigil held in Caracas to call for the release of political prisoners, Andreína Baduel said the Venezuelan state continues to deceive the international community and lacks the political will to halt and investigate human rights violations, according to ABC Color.
The activist said that in Venezuela there are still more than 400 political prisoners and denounced that human rights violations remain commonplace. Baduel is the daughter of Raúl Isaías Baduel, former defense minister under Hugo Chávez, who died in prison in 2021 after 12 years in detention, and the sister of Josnars Baduel, arrested since 2020 and accused of terrorism and other crimes.
According to ABC Color, Andreína Baduel also said that Clipp will announce new peaceful protests in the coming days to highlight the situation of political prisoners and their families.
This Sunday’s vigil was the final activity in the so-called Route of Pending Answers, a cycle of four protests that began the previous Monday and included mobilizations to the Ombudsman’s Office, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Miraflores Palace.
According to the latest bulletin from Foro Penal, there are 328 political prisoners. At the same time, leaders, activists and opposition and human rights organizations have been demanding the full freedom of all of them.
ABC Color recalled that the government denies the existence of political prisoners and maintains that the detentions are the result of the commission of crimes, a position rejected by opposition organizations and parties.
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