Caracas, Oct 20 (EFE).- Mothers of some of the adolescents detained in Venezuela, in the context of the post-electoral crisis, They reported this Sunday that their children have had their rights violated and are suffering abuses in prisonwhile demanding the immediate freedom of their relatives.
The non-governmental organization Foro Penal, which leads the defense of those considered political prisoners in the country, published on They have been accused of allegedly having committed this and other crimes.
«They have violated all his rights, they do not allow him absolutely anything (in prison), neither clothing nor food. “We cry for justice, they are not terrorists, they are innocent, my son is a student.”said Maite Landaeta, mother of a teenager who was arrested on July 29, a day after the presidential elections, in which Nicolás Maduro was proclaimed the winner.
He criticized that the minors detained in the state of Anzoátegui have been transferred to a prison in Miranda, near Caracas, about 300 kilometers away from their place of origin.
“Many of us do not have the resources to reach our children, to know how their health is (…), I speak on behalf of all these women from the Anzoátegui state, we want freedom for our children,” she stressed.
Landaeta explained that last Monday he was allowed to visit his son for 10 minutes and that he returned days later to give him a treatment that he needed to treat a skin condition, but the prison authorities – he assured him – “They flatly denied access to the medication«.
Other mothers of the minors – whose total number of detainees is 68, according to the Penal Forum – warned about the psychological damage caused to their families during their time in prison.
After the majority opposition denounced fraud in the presidential elections, whose official result is not recognized by many countries, a wave of arrests was unleashed in the country, resulting in 2,400 people arrested – some of them in protests -, according to the Executive.
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