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Bacchus4.0

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Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:34 AM Dec 2016

Venezuela frees four anti-government activists, opposition says

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN1421I7?il=0


Venezuela released on Tuesday another four opponents of President Nicolas Maduro, but activists demanded the immediate freedom of more than 100 others they say are also unjustly imprisoned, opposition leaders and relatives said.

"These four were freed overnight, at 2 a.m. Of course, we have to express some satisfaction. But ... all the political prisoners are innocent, they all deserve freedom," said Jesus Torrealba, head of the opposition coalition.

There was no official word from the government on their release.

The four - bank messenger Gilberto Sojo, engineer Vladimir Araque, retired general Romer Mena and lawyer Leopoldo D'Alta - were arrested in 2014 and 2015 on various accusations of fomenting violence and plotting against the socialist government. All deny the charges.
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Venezuela frees four anti-government activists, opposition says (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Dec 2016 OP
Are the UI's in this site now gonna admit that the Chavista government has political prisoners? Marksman_91 Dec 2016 #1
 

Marksman_91

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1. Are the UI's in this site now gonna admit that the Chavista government has political prisoners?
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:11 AM
Dec 2016

Or is that only a convenient item for them when a right-wing government has them?

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