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Primero Justicia denounces that "releases are a continued kidnapping"

Primero Justicia, a Venezuelan opposition party, held a protest in El Hatillo demanding the immediate and unconditional release of over 400 political prisoners, alleging they are subjected to torture and human rights violations.

Tracked question

How many political prisoners are held, and is the trend improving? · Full question dossier →

linked by topic terms: political prisoners

What would settle it: Foro Penal's monthly count falling for two consecutive months with named releases.

Evidence state: insufficientas of Sep 13, 2026changed from emerging → insufficientnot yet linked to a tracked event object in our corpus — no source count yet

Primero Justicia demands release of over 400 political prisoners, including 40 women, and closure of criminal cases.

Protest held in El Cigarral, El Hatillo, led by Yajaira Castro de Forero and Samuel Díaz Pulgar.

Party alleges torture and human rights violations in 49 detention centers, with over 19,000 political prisoners in two decades.

Only 105 of 131 announced releases have been corroborated by the Unitary Platform; party demands publication of names.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-22 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.