Activists across Venezuela go on hunger strikes demanding release of political prisoners

Seven activists from different parts of Venezuela have come together to conduct a hunger strike in a Caracas' church demanding the freedom of 77 political prisoners, the setting of a firm date for legislative elections scheduled for this year and the end of censorship and human rights abuses by the regime of President Nicólas Maduro. Julio Rivas, a 29-year-old state legislator from the state of Carabobo, is leading the protesters, who started their fast last Wednesday in support of five jailed opposition leaders who declared themselves on hunger strike earlier last week. More…