Alfredo Romero (activist)
Venezuelan lawyer and human rights activist
10 stories
13 quotes
It is discriminatory and unconstitutional to exclude imprisoned military personnel and persecuted political figures,
- Alfredo Romero, president of rights group Foro Penal, said on X SaturdayAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
The law benefits a significant group of people, but the essence of the problem Venezuela is experiencing regarding political persecution remains,
- Alfredo Romero, president of Foro Penal, told reporters FridayThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/venezue…The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/02…
Amnesty is the framework that will ensure… that the past does not serve to halt or derail transition processes,
- Romero told the news agency AFPAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
- Alfredo Romero told AFPBuenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/latin…Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/americas…
A reconciliation, a transition, cannot be a process of persecution against those who previously held power."
- But Romero warnedBuenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/latin…
- Romero warnedGulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/americas…
A general amnesty is welcome as long as its elements and conditions include all of civil society, without discrimination, that it does not become a cloak of impunity, and that it contributes to dismantling the repressive apparatus of political persecution,
- Alfredo Romero, president of Foro Penal, said on social mediaCBS Newscbsnews.com/news/venezuela…NBC Newsnbcnews.com/world/venezuela…Deutsche Welledw.com/en/venezuela…Japan Todayjapantoday.com/category/world…The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/01…
- Romero wrote in a post on social mediaAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
It would be ideal if the government published lists of those released,
- Romero saidThe Jerusalem Postjpost.com/international/articl…
- Romero addedDeutsche Welledw.com/en/venezuela…
Earlier
More than 1,500 Venezuelan political prisoners apply for amnesty
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…The amnesty was approved by Venezuela's congress on Thursday as part of a wave of reforms encouraged by the United States after it ousted and captured former President Nicolas Maduro on January 3
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…Venezuela grants amnesty to 379 political prisoners
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Interim President Delcy Rodriguez has leveled such accusations against opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who hopes to return to Venezuela at some point from the United States
The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/02…Nobel laureate Machado vows to return to Venezuela despite ally's detention
The Korea Timeskoreatimes.co.kr/world/2026021…The government had released several prominent opposition members from prison Sunday after lengthy politically motivated detentions
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/caracas…Venezuela amnesty bill excludes gross rights abuses under Chávez, Maduro
Buenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/latin…An amnesty law that would provide clemency to political prisoners in Venezuela has passed an initial vote unanimously in the National Assembly, stirring hopes among the country’s opposition
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Proposed Venezuelan bill could lead to release of hundreds of political prisoners
CBS Newscbsnews.com/news/venezuela…Rodriguez calls for healing ‘wounds left by political confrontation’ while announcing notorious El Helicoide prison to shut down
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Venezuela releases dozens of prisoners in 2 days, 600 more still detained
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/americas…Now, after the tables turned dramatically and Maduro finds himself locked up in the US, the families have returned to demand the immediate release of every last one of their country’s political prisoners
Guardiantheguardian.com/world/2026…Families of Venezuelan prisoners demand their release after weeks of waiting outside prisons
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/familie…Ángel Godoy was thrown into jail after writing columns that angered the government of President Nicolás Maduro
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/01…Venezuelans have 'hope' for country's future
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Legendary pro golfer Greg Norman on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump for U.S. action in Venezuela last week that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/sports/golf…Venezuelan prisoners are released but doubts remain over democratic opening
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…While the Javier Milei administration wholeheartedly applauded last weekend’s seizure of Nicolás Maduro, only adjusting its stance to tone down support for opposition leader María Corina Machado in line with Donald Trump, there were reactions at other levels
Buenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/argentina…Venezuela Vows to Release Prisoners After US Captures Maduro
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…Venezuela released citizens and foreigners from its prisons on Thursday in what a top government official described as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces to face federal drug-trafficking charges in New York
South China Morning Postscmp.com/news/world…