VENEZUELA JUSTICE

University student John Alvarez released after almost four months in prison

epa11042612 University student John Alvarez (R) is greeted by his girlfriend, Eleyn Echarry (L), as he leaves a detention center of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) after being released, in Caracas, Venezuela, 23 December 2023. Venezuelan authorities on 23 December released Alvarez, imprisoned since 30 August 2023, accused of conspiracy and association to commit a crime, after which he was subjected to 'torture', according to human rights organizations. The young university student joins the thirty 'political prisoners' who were released on 21 December, with at least 265 people remaining deprived of their liberty for criticism of the Executive as their crime, according to the records of several NGOs and the opposition coalition Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD). EPA/RAYNER PENA R.

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