On July 8, the government of President Nicolás Maduro of
Venezuela delivered its most well-known political prisoner, Leopoldo López, to
his home. The Supreme Court, which Mr. Maduro effectively controls, said in a
one-paragraph statement that it granted Mr. López house arrest on “humanitarian
grounds” because of his “health situation.” It also mentioned “irregularities
in the distribution of the case to a criminal court.” The popular leader of
Voluntad Popular, a centrist political party, and one of Mr. Maduro’s fiercest
critics, Mr. López was arrested in 2014 at the beginning of a brutal crackdown
on the huge anti-government protests that he had actively promoted. He was
sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison, charged with inciting violence during
the protests — false allegations based on fabricated evidence, as a prosecutor
in the case told me after fleeing the country. More… 
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Leopoldo López Is Home. But Venezuela Is Not Free.
On July 8, the government of President Nicolás Maduro of
Venezuela delivered its most well-known political prisoner, Leopoldo López, to
his home. The Supreme Court, which Mr. Maduro effectively controls, said in a
one-paragraph statement that it granted Mr. López house arrest on “humanitarian
grounds” because of his “health situation.” It also mentioned “irregularities
in the distribution of the case to a criminal court.” The popular leader of
Voluntad Popular, a centrist political party, and one of Mr. Maduro’s fiercest
critics, Mr. López was arrested in 2014 at the beginning of a brutal crackdown
on the huge anti-government protests that he had actively promoted. He was
sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison, charged with inciting violence during
the protests — false allegations based on fabricated evidence, as a prosecutor
in the case told me after fleeing the country. More… 
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