More than 1,800 arrests are estimated after the protests in the last elections. For Maduro, these were funded protests.
Venezuela released at least 70 people, after the wave of arrests amid the protests, after the presidential elections in July. The data was confirmed by Non-Governmental Organization Penal Forum.
According to data from the local human rights group, in the country There were more than 1,800 arrests after the July 28 elections. There, citizens came out to knock on pots and block streets for the official results that declared the president the winner. Nicolas Maduro.
Of the total, at least 69 are minors between 14 and 17 years old, according to the NGO.
Venezuela released detainees after the July elections
“Since early in the morning, some political prisoners have been released due to the post-electoral situation,” the director of Penal Forum, Alfredo Romero.
President Maduro has claimed that the protests were financed by the opposition to create chaos in the country.
Arrests after the July presidential elections, in numbers
The attorney general Tarek Saab asked this week to review at least 225 cases of those detained. Saab has said that after the incidents you had left 28 dead and almost 200 injured. There is also talk of 500 public and private property destroyed, such as schools and health posts.
Activists and relatives of some detainees have said that Their relatives did not participate in the demonstrations or only watched them from afar. They were reported arrests in homes or on the street and torture in prison.
Several NGOs and opposition parties have identified nearly 1,850 people arrested after the presidential elections, in protests against Maduro’s re-election or in police operations. Among them, 69 minors, as well as dozens of women and soldiers, almost all accused of crimes such as terrorism and conspiracy.
Source: Ambito
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