The Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela keeps more than 30 elderly people imprisoned for political reasons, despite official release announcements made throughout 2025, reported a non-governmental human rights organization in a report released at the end of the year.
According to the NGO Justicia, Encuentro y Perdón, although the Venezuelan regime announced the release of 99 people over the Christmas period, only 71 cases were actually independently verified.
According to the NGO’s updated survey, Venezuela ends 2025 with 1,041 political prisoners, 877 men and 164 women. Within this total, the NGO highlights the stay of 31 elderly people deprived of their liberty for political reasons, in addition to two teenagers and 91 people with serious illnesses, of which only two benefited from release measures.
Furthermore, according to published data, 42 foreigners and 49 Venezuelans with dual nationality remain imprisoned for political reasons. According to the NGO, a significant number of these detainees do not have access to due legal process, remaining incarcerated for long periods without a definitive trial.
