NGOs celebrate the release of Mariana González
Non-governmental organizations they celebrated This Thursday the release of Mariana González, a minor arrested after the July 28 elections.
“We welcome with joy the release of Mariana González, a teenager who should never have been detained,” said the NGO Justice, Encounter and Forgiveness (JEP) in suffering behind bars, far from their families and the possibility of continuing with their lives.
We welcome with joy the release of Mariana González, a teenager who should never have been detained.
However, there are still adolescents who remain unjustly deprived of liberty, suffering behind bars, far from their families and the possibility of continuing with… https://t.co/aWdoUgjYwg
— Justice, Encounter and Forgiveness (@JEPvzla) December 5, 2024
The general coordinator of Provea, Oscar Murillo, considers that González’s return to “his home and with his family” is “a relief amid so much pain.”
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On Wednesday, the Public Ministry reported, through Instagram, the release of a young woman – without specifying her age – after the court reviewed the custodial measure at the request of the institution, Efe reported.
The Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP) specifies that the released woman is 16 years old and was arbitrarily detained in a town in the state of Carabobo on July 29, one day after the elections.
«Thanks to Mariana González’s mother»
The NGO asked the government to release “without restrictions the adolescents and all persons arbitrarily deprived of liberty in the context of the demonstrations.”
The Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners affirms that González was released “thanks to the firm demands of her mother, friends, organizations and all Venezuelans who condemned the cruelty against the teenager,” who – it added in X – is innocent and has never she must have been unjustly detained.
Until Friday, the NGO Criminal Forum It counted 42 adolescents between 14 and 17 years of age detained, out of a total of 1,903 political prisoners, the vast majority apprehended after the presidential elections, in which Maduro obtained a controversial re-election marked as fraudulent by the majority opposition and questioned by numerous countries.
The Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, assured on Wednesday that there are no children detained in the country, in response to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, who insisted on Monday on “the need to protect the rights of children.” civilians, including children, and to release those detained for political reasons” in the Caribbean nation.
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