Tag: Penal Forum

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Venezuela has 323 “political detainees” in jail, mostly awaiting trial

  

  Venezuela’s Penal Forum estimates that Nearly three-quarters of all political detainees are awaiting trial for more than two years, the group said on Monday, arguing it is a sign that authorities use pretrial detention as a punishment.

• Monday, January 4th 2021 - 04:34 UTC

  Political prisoner dies in Venezuelan jail: fears for the lives of twelve others

  

  Venezuelan member of the Pemon indigenous group accused of aiding a raid on a military post in late 2019 died on Sunday in a jail close to Caracas, rights group Penal Forum said in a tweet.

• Saturday, July 1st 2017 - 13:01 UTC

  Venezuelan student organizations say 62 of their members have been arrested so far

  

  The number of students brought into custody by Venezuela's régime during opposition protests in the past three months amounted to 62 by Friday, according to Daniel Ascanio of the Simón Bolívar University students grouping.