For more than a decade, Alfredo Romero
has been keeping tabs on people that Venezuela authorities have been doing
their best to bury: political prisoners languishing in jail. The number this
week: 342. “Since 2014 until now, there have been 11,903 people detained for
political motives,” Romero said this week as he traveled to the U.S. to receive
the 2017 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award on Thursday. “You go to any
political rally and ask anyone if they know someone who has been arrested for
protesting and they will all tell you they do.. More… 
Thursday, November 16, 2017
He keeps tabs on Venezuelan political prisoners. Now he’s getting a human rights award.
For more than a decade, Alfredo Romero
has been keeping tabs on people that Venezuela authorities have been doing
their best to bury: political prisoners languishing in jail. The number this
week: 342. “Since 2014 until now, there have been 11,903 people detained for
political motives,” Romero said this week as he traveled to the U.S. to receive
the 2017 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award on Thursday. “You go to any
political rally and ask anyone if they know someone who has been arrested for
protesting and they will all tell you they do.. More… 
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