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Protesters Demand Transfers of Political Prisoners in Venezuela to Ombudsman · Global Voices

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Families say that buses full of prisoners left Rodeo I, a dreaded prison on the outskirts of Caracas, to unknown destinations. Instead of the transfers, these families expected their relatives to be among the political prisoners that the interim government promised to release in August. "For me this was horrible. We are waiting for freedom, not the transfer," said to AFP Marilú Novoa, mother of Jhofre Ibrahim Vargas, an intelligence officer (Seb…

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Relatives of political prisoners denounced in Venezuela the unannounced transfer of dozens of prisoners from Rodeo I to other prisons.

·Monterrey, Mexico
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Families say that buses full of prisoners left Rodeo I, a dreaded prison on the outskirts of Caracas, to unknown destinations. Instead of the transfers, these families expected their relatives to be among the political prisoners that the interim government promised to release in August. "For me this was horrible. We are waiting for freedom, not the transfer," said to AFP Marilú Novoa, mother of Jhofre Ibrahim Vargas, an intelligence officer (Seb…

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Caracas, 7 Sep (EFE).- Venezuela's ombudsman, Eglée González Lobato, pledged on Monday to continue the review of cases of political prisoners, whose family members protested in front of the institution's headquarters in Caracas, to demand answers and an accompaniment in their struggle to achieve the liberation of these people. González [...] The post Defender of the Venezuelan people says that it will follow the review of cases of political pris…

The Ombudsman, Eglée González Lobato, pledged on Monday, September 7, to continue the review of cases of political prisoners, whose relatives protested in front of the headquarters of the institution, in Caracas, to demand answers and an accompaniment in their struggle to achieve the release of these people. The official told [...] The People's Defender entry says that it will follow the review of cases of political prisoners was first published…

Members of the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners (Clippve) met Monday with the Ombudsman, Egleé González, and asked her for an individual review of the cases of the detainees. Clippve focused on the outskirts of the Defensoría del Pueblo, in Caracas, at 11 a.m. [...] Family members of political prisoners expect "urgent action" from the Ombudsman's Office was first published in Caraota Digital.

The initiative was promoted by the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners, with the intention that the body guaranteeing human rights in the country should assume an active role of intermediation and follow-up. The post Relatives of political prisoners demand answers in the Ombudsman's Office appeared first on El Carabobeño.

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El Impulso broke the news on Sunday, September 6, 2026.
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