- The adolescents will be judged without the possibility of obtaining any procedural benefit, according to the organization Justicia, Encuentro y Perdón
The non-governmental organization (NGO) Justicia, Encuentro y Perdón denounced that seven teenagers detained in the post-election protests after July 28 will be tried without the possibility of obtaining any procedural benefit.
The group of minors was presented at a preliminary hearing in the state of Carabobo, where they were accused of the crimes of terrorism and incitement to hatred. Subsequently, they ordered his trial.
“They were forcing them to admit the facts. “All of these young people very gallantly refused, despite all the terrible situation they have experienced, to admit the facts, which is why yesterday, in a preliminary hearing, they were ordered to go to trial without any type of procedural benefit,” he told the agency. of EFE news the general coordinator of JEP, Martha Tineo, on October 3.
The NGO rejected, through a message on its X account, “the indolence” with which these teenagers have been accused.
“They have been deprived of their freedom for two months and now they are denied the possibility of returning to their families and continuing with their studies and sports activities,” said Justicia, Encuentro y Paz.
The organization, which accompanies six of the seven adolescents, urged the judicial authorities to review these cases so that the guarantees of due process and respect for their human rights are enforced.
“It is absolutely condemnable that young people who have not committed any crime are criminalized, causing serious injuries to their present and future. We ask for his full and immediate freedom,” the NGO said.
María Corina Machado condemns the teenagers’ trial
Opposition leader María Corina Machado condemned the trial of the group of seven teenagers through her X account.
“These seven boys are our children, our reason for fighting. What they have done to them, with the aim of terrorizing all young people and their parents, is the greatest reason we have as a society to intensify our fight. It must be denounced and hard. Nobody can think that Venezuela will be the same after this. “No one can remain silent,” wrote the political leader.
Machado added that Venezuela is united with the adolescents and their families, because they represent the pain of all Venezuelans.
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On October 3, relatives and friends of those detained in the context of post-election protests requested the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), through an appeal for protection, to review the precautionary measures of the prisoners.
Previously, on September 28, the committee of Mothers in Defense of the Truth He demanded the release of the detained teenagers.
Post-election detainees
In Venezuela there are 1,905 detainees considered “political prisoners”according to the information managed by the NGO Foro Penal.
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The NGO specified that, of the total number of arrests, 1,767 were made after the presidential elections of July 28, when a crisis broke out due to the complaint of “fraud” by the largest opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), which affirms that its candidate, Edmundo González, is the elected president, compared to the result presented by the National Electoral Council, which without showing the minutes declared Nicolás Maduro as the winner.
For its part, Vente Venezuela assured on October 2 that there are 154 opposition politicians detained in the country, including national leaders and people who held elected positions when they were arrested.
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2024-10-04 21:27:28
