Relatives of the political prisoners in Venezuela They asked for the mediation of the president of Brazil on Wednesday, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvawho, they trust, can play a “Key role”In favor of the release of their loved ones, several of them detained in the context of crisis after the presidential elections of July last year.
A group of NGO members Committee for the freedom of political prisoners concentrated in front of the Brazil Embassy in Caracas -In delivering a letter addressed to Lula-, as part of a tour this week by five diplomatic delegations accredited in the country, in what they have called “global route for justice and freedom.”
“Mr. President, Your government can play a key role in the exposed situationby virtue of the foreign human policy that Brazil promotes, based on a universal, impartial and non -politicized approach, in strict compliance with the principles enshrined in its federal constitution, ”says the letter consigned to the diplomatic headquarters.
In addition, they expressed their “deep consternation“Given what they describe as a”Prolonged and systematic Human Rights Crisis in Venezuela“, Characterized,” they add, “for”state repression, arbitrary arrests and a sustained violation of fundamental rights”.
Diego Casanovaone of the main spokesmen of the committee, explained that last September he had already sent a written order to the Government of Brazil.
-“That is why, today we have come here again, to present a New update of what repression has meant in Venezuelathat It has cost the lives of six people in state custody”Casanova said.
Family members hung photos of protests in Venezuela and Brazil in front of the Embassy and Banners building, in Spanish and Portuguese, in which messages such as: “President Lula helps open the cells of injustice in Venezuela“.
The route, which began on Monday at the Colombian Embassy in Caracas, will end on Friday against the Delegation of the European Union (EU).
La ONG Criminal Forum Encór, on May 2, in 906 political prisoners in Venezuela. In that group there are people arrested after the questioned presidential elections last year, as well as time ago, including Human Rights activists Rocío San Miguel y Javier Tarazonaarrested in 2024 and 2021, respectively.
(With EFE information)
