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New wave of repression denounced in Venezuela after agreed releases from prison
New wave of repression denounced in Venezuela after agreed releases from prison
María Corina Machado has warned about a new offensive by the regime of Nicolás Maduro against the Venezuelan opposition. According to the leader of the Democratic Unitary Platform, at least 20 people have been detained or disappeared in the last three days, many of them linked to the July presidential elections.
Machado denounces "the revolving door policy".
In a statement published on her social networks, the opposition leader described the situation as a "brutal wave of repression", which coincides with the recent release of political prisoners, part of a negotiation between the Maduro regime, the United States and El Salvador.
Machado accuses the Venezuelan government of applying the so-called "revolving door policy", which consists of selectively releasing some detainees while imprisoning others. "Repression does not cease, it is only redistributed", she stated, pointing out that deprivation of liberty continues to be used as a bargaining chip in political negotiations.
More than 900 people remain detained for political reasons
The opposition leader made an urgent appeal to the international community to increase pressure on Caracas. She stressed that "more than 900 people are still imprisoned and disappeared for political reasons", and demanded human rights organizations to intensify their actions to stop the repressive practices of the regime.
According to his team, many of the people recently detained are table members or electoral collaborators linked to the July 28 elections, in which Chavism won Maduro's reelection, amidst allegations of fraud by the Unitary Platform.
Doubts about announced releases from prison
Meanwhile, the "Comando con Venezuela" denounced that the release of the 80 people announced by the regime has not been confirmed. "So far only one woman has been released, and no minor has been released," the statement said.
The NGO Foro Penal, for its part, reported that as of Monday only 57 political prisoners have been released: 48 Venezuelans and 9 U.S. citizens or legal residents in the U.S.
Political exchange between Caracas, Washington and San Salvador
The sequence of releases and new arrests has rekindled anti-Chavism denunciations. Last Friday, Maduro's regime released a group of political prisoners following an agreement with the US and El Salvador. In exchange, Caracas received 252 Venezuelan migrants deported from the US, who were transferred to a Salvadoran maximum security prison.
So far, Venezuelan authorities have not publicly responded to Machado's accusations or to the figures reported by independent organizations.
