( Spanish) –– Relatives of young people detained in the context of the post-election protests in Venezuela demonstrated this Thursday outside the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to demand their release and an end to the mistreatment to which they claim they are subjected.
Moraima Urbáez said she has not been able to see her 33-year-old son in more than 50 days, after he was arrested during an operation while leaving his grandmother’s house to get paid for his day’s work.
He claimed to feel “helplessness and anger,” as well as concern, when he reported that relatives of other detainees have told them that they are provided with insufficient food and water and in poor conditions.
“I want my son healthy, strong and free, just as I want the freedom of all young Venezuelans,” another of the mothers told during the demonstration.
This same group of people demonstrated in September outside the headquarters of the Public Ministry in Caracas to demand the release of their relatives.
As of September 30, the non-governmental organization Foro Penal had registered more than 1,900 people detained. In the days following the vote on July 28 and the proclamation of the National Electoral Council, which declared President Nicolás Maduro as the winner against the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia without presenting the results by table, numerous protests took place.
Citizens in general and several opponents were imprisoned within the framework of what was informally called “operation Tun Tun.” Attorney General Tarek William Saab has repeatedly stated that all detainees in the country are respected due process and the right to defense, without refuting in detail accusations to the contrary.
has asked the Prosecutor’s Office for more information about the arrests and is awaiting a response.
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