Tag: political prisoners

• Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 09:11 UTC

  US gov't official calls for release of all of Venezuela's political prisoners

  

  The US government of President Donald Trump publicly demanded the release of Argentine National Border Guard Corporal Nahuel Gallo, who has been detained in Venezuela since December 8, 2024, on accusations of espionage.

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Nicaraguan regime releases pictures of political prisoners

  

  The Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega has been criticized Wednesday by human rights organizations after pictures of the country's political prisoners were released.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:03 UTC

  Venezuelan NGO claims political prisoners risk never-ending trials

  

  According to a Venezuelan Non-Government Organization, 13 inmates deemed to be political prisoners, have been transferred from the Ramo Verde detention center to regular jailhouses for ordinary criminals, which allegedly jeopardizes the judicial review of these cases.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Death of Venezuelan political prisoner rattles Washington DC

  

  Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Thursday pledged he would ask the United Nations to request the exhumation and autopsy of the late Venezuelan General Raúl Baduel, who died of COVID-19 while incarcerated by the Nicolás Maduro regime for alleged political crimes.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  OAS condemns arrest of relatives of political prisoners in Nicaragua

  

  The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed its concern and condemns the latest acts of repression and detention of protesters reported in Nicaragua.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bachelet in Venezuela to check human rights situation; Maduro releases 21 political prisoners and applauds the visit

  

  The United Nations' top human rights official arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday for a visit that comes amid heightened international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly silencing opponents with jail, torture and excessive violence.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Nicaragua national strike to pressure the Ortega regime to release political prisoners

  

  Nicaragua's opposition on Wednesday called a 24-hour general strike to increase pressure on the government of President Daniel Ortega to release prisoners as agreed in peace talks between the two sides.

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  Venezuela releases US citizen arrested in 2014

  

  A U.S. citizen arrested in Venezuela in 2014 on weapons trafficking and attempted murder charges his family called “trumped-up” was released this week, his family said in a statement on Friday. Todd Leininger, 37, was arrested in western Tachira state where he and his Venezuelan wife were visiting his sister-in-law.

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Nicaragua's Ortega release 50 opposition prisoners

  

  Nicaragua on Friday released 50 opposition prisoners held during nationwide protests against President Daniel Ortega, the interior ministry said, two days after the end of talks aimed at resolving a deadly year-long political crisis.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  Nicaragua negotiations stalled until Ortega releases all political prisoners

  

  Negotiations aimed at resolving a months-long crisis in Nicaragua stalled Sunday when the opposition called on President Daniel Ortega's government to release all political prisoners before any new talks. The opposition Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy said it would “return to the negotiating table only when the government of Nicaragua provides the country with convincing signs they want to find solutions to the crisis,” which began in April 2018.