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Families of Venezuelan detainees go on hunger strike to call for wider amnesty

(18 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venezuela - 18 February 2026 1. Activists and relatives of prisoners chanting slogans at protest demanding freedom for "political prisoners". UPSOUND (Spanish) "Freedom!" 2. Activists chanting. UPSOUND (Spanish) "Not one nor two, free them all!" 3. Activists chanting. UPSOUND (Spanish) "Let there be all of them!" 4. Man holding kite with a message written on it reading: "Aggravating the suffering of political prisoners is a strategy to cause more pain" 5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Francis Quiñones, relative of prisoner: "Oil is not going to run out, that can be recovered. But a human life does run out. So we demand, ambassador Laura Dogu, come to Venezuela's prisons where political prisoners are held. Tomorrow is too late, we don't want any more dying under custody of this regime" 6. Carmen Teresa Navas, 81, holding paper with her son's ID card printed 7. Navas speaking to the media. UPSPUND (Spanish) "Proof of life for my son! Freedom!" 8. Activist holding Venezuelan flag with the word "Freedom" written on it 9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Oscar Murillo, head of Provea human rights group: "I believe that the amnesty law on the table is still a positive thing, but we cannot afford to do things wrong. The country is in a critical situation where I believe that the historical perspective, the historical significance of the moment we are living in, must prevail over sensibility and good judgement. We must incorporate, with the greatest possible pluralism, with the greatest understanding of the world and without political pettiness, the observations that we in civil society have been able to make in order to have an amnesty law that truly opens the door to reconciliation." 10. Diego Casanova, activist and relati ve of prisoner, chanting slogans. UPSOUND (Spanish) "Without reparation there is no reconciliation" 11. Casanova speaking. UPSOUND (Spanish) "Families have insisted, they remain stationed in improvised camps outside detention centers and today the signs of deterioration, of physical and emotional exhaustions are notorious. It makes no sense to keep families in this state of distress" ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venezuela - 17 February 2026 12. Activist marks the time passed since the beginning of hunger strike on board ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venezuela - 15 February 2026 13. Relative of prisoner in hunger strike feeling ill ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venezuela - 17 February 2026 14. Various of relatives on hunger strike having their sugar levels checked ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venezuela - 16 February 2026 15. Nelcy Escorcia crying as she feels ill after days on hunger strike 16. Yessy Orozco, daughter of prisoner, hugging Escorcia ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venezuela - 14 February 2026 17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yessy Orozco, daughter of prisoner: "This has been a tough job because we have to understand that the majority of those held in there are men and all of these women are family women that have had to support their homes while their husbands are held up in there. Most of them with little children. We have to find ways of taking care of children, of their homes, their economies and be here present. But we are strong and warrior women." ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venezuela - 15 February 2026 18. Relatives in hunger strike outside detention center 19. Zona 7 detention center 20. Various of pictures of prisoners in Zona 7 21. Narwin Gil, relative of prisoner, sleeping outside detention center STORYLINE: Relatives demanded U.S. authorities in Venezuela help. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...