The ONG Criminal Forum of Venezuela The organization denounced on Friday the transfer of detainees during post-election protests in the island state of Nueva Esparta, without the relatives of these people knowing “where they are being taken,” which constitutes – the organization stated – a “violation” of the Constitution.
«Relatives do not know where they are taking them (the detainees). They indicate that a plane is prepared for transfer out of Margarita Island. We remind that the authorities, by not informing the detainees and their relatives where they are going to be transferred, are violating (…) the Constitution»warned the Penal Forum through X.
The NGO also said that the detainees have been prevented from “naming lawyers they trust as their defense attorneys,” a practice – they said – that has been occurring in “most cases of detentions in the post-election context.”
The organization records 1,780 arrests – of which 1,550 are men and 230 are women – during the protests against the official result of the presidential elections of July 28, in which the electoral authorities proclaimed the victory of Nicolas Madurosomething that the largest opposition coalition considers “fraud” and which is questioned by a large part of the international community.
2,400 prisoners in protests
Likewise, the anti-Chavez bloc assures that its standard-bearer, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiais the president-elect according to “83.5% of the electoral records” that they say they gathered from witnesses and polling station members on election night, to support their claim of fraud in the presidential elections, documents that the Government calls “false.”
According to official figures, During the post-election protests, more than 2,400 people were arrested and 25 people were killed.for which the Government blames the opposition, while international bodies such as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights have denounced the “arbitrary use of force” by the State. EFE
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