- Conserven asked the authorities to guarantee these people “access to justice, freedom and security.”
The NGO Confederation of the Deaf of Venezuela (Consorven) stated on Tuesday, October 29, that nine people with disabilities, as well as a 17-year-old boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), are still detained three months after the political crisis that was unleashed in the country after the rejection of the official result of the presidential elections.
Through a press release, Consorven indicated that these nine people are not being guaranteed “accessibility or reasonable adjustments, in order to understand why they are deprived of liberty and receive legal guidance related to the process.”
We are concerned about the situation of a teenager with ASD, who is 17 years old, who is also detained due to the post-electoral context and according to information provided by his relatives, the young man appeared confused and nervous as he did not know the reasons for his detention, typical of the lack of support from professionals for access to information,” he added.
The NGO asked the authorities to guarantee these people “access to justice, freedom and security”, as contemplated in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which provides “that the State will ensure access to justice for people with disabilities under equal conditions.”
Penal Forum counts 1,953 political prisoners
The Penal Forum reported on October 25 a total of 1,953 political prisoners, of which 1,824 were imprisoned in the post-election context.
Likewise, of that number, 1,884 are adults and 69 are adolescents. Regarding gender, 1,711 are men and 242 women, while 1,792 are civilians and 161 are military.
The non-governmental organization (NGO) indicated that during the week of October 14, 19 new imprisonments were recorded and 148 sentences were handed down. A total of 1,805 prisoners still do not receive any precautionary measure.
The Penal Forum clarified that since 2014 in Venezuela there have been at least 17,939 arrests for political purposes, of which 14,000 were handled by the organization’s lawyers, while 9,000 remain subject to measures restricting their freedom.
This is the “largest number of prisoners for political purposes known in Venezuela, at least in the 21st century,” the NGO said on the social network X.
Post-election protests
Of the total, 1,824 were arrested after the presidential elections on July 28, in which the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed – based on data still unknown in a disaggregated manner – the re-election of Nicolás Maduro, an announcement designated as fraudulent. by the majority opposition, which sparked numerous protests in the country.
The Venezuelan government blames the protesters – whom it links to the majority opposition, grouped in the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – for generating “violence” and “vandalism” in several public venues, while the opposition accuses the agents of repression. of state security.
With information from EFE
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