ONG denuncia detención de gremialista y ve "criminalización del sindicalismo" en Venezuela
La ONG Comité por la Libertad de los Presos Políticos (Clipp) denunció este viernes la detención Omar Escalante, presidente de la Federación de Trabajadores del estado Carabobo (Fetracarabobo), cuya liberación exigió, y advirtió sobre la «criminalización del sindicalismo» en Venezuela. EFE En una publicación en X, la organización relató que el dirigente fue arrestado en […]
TL;DR
- Omar Escalante, president of Fetracarabobo, was detained in Caracas after voluntarily presenting himself at a military court.
- The NGO Clipp denounced the arrest as arbitrary and a violation of freedom of association.
- Escalante had been out on conditional release since 2017 after being arbitrarily detained.
- Fetracarabobo is affiliated with the Confederation of Workers of Venezuela, whose general secretary is reportedly missing.
- The NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones reported that five political prisoners at Rodeo I jail are being held under a "punishment regime."
- The NGO Justicia, Encuentro y Perdón (JEP) alerted that 91 political prisoners are suffering from serious illnesses due to "structural violence."
- JEP counts 1,084 political prisoners in Venezuela, while Foro Penal reports 893.
- The Venezuelan government and Fiscalía claim there are no political prisoners, but individuals who committed various crimes.