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Human Rights Watch has documented that judicial processes in several of these cases violate the most basic due process rights, and prosecutions have been based on non-existent or fabricated evidence. These cases, however, also have a dramatic impact on the lives of the detainees\u2019 families. Here are some videos in which the wives of five men who have been detained and prosecuted for political reasons in Venezuela share their stories:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELilian Tintori, the wife of Leopoldo L\u00f3pez, explains \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GLItfriHe98\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E the impact that her husband\u2019s detention has had on her life and on their two children, and shows \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BMKaTE-DMYg\/?hl=en\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E images of one of several days in which she and her children were not allowed to visit L\u00f3pez in jail. For additional information on L\u00f3pez\u2019s case and detention conditions, see \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/12\/02\/shattered-case-against-leopoldo-lopez\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/11\/14\/leopoldo-lopez-1000-days-maduros-hostage\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERosaura Valenti, the wife of Yon Goicoechea, explains \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/YonGoicoechea\/status\/858734449990787073\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E her husband\u2019s detention conditions, and describes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/RValentini\/status\/852208406094065664\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E that she and her son were unable to visit him. For additional information on Yon Goicoechea\u2019s case, see \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/content\/302938\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPatricia Guti\u00e9rrez de Ceballos, the wife of Daniel Ceballos, explains \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ktVcXFVWY6Q\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E the impact that her husband\u2019s detention has had on their children and describes their prison visits. For additional information on Ceballo\u2019s case, see \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/06\/05\/venezuela-letter-pope-francis\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESilvia Mart\u00ednez, the wife of Braulio Jatar, describes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b_pVXHCmUKI\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E her search for her husband when he was detained and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/reporteconfidencial.info\/noticia\/3295648\/silvia-martinez-de-jatar-en-la-fiscalia-no-hay-prueba-alguna-contra-mi-esposo-video\/?utm_content=buffer14a96\u0026amp;utm_medium=social\u0026amp;utm_source=twitter.com\u0026amp;utm_campaign=buffer\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E the lack of evidence against him and his health condition while in detention. For additional information on Jatar\u2019s case, see \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/11\/06\/chile-vatican-and-venezuela\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMizty Capriles de Ledezma, the wife of Antonio Ledezma, explains how difficult her husband\u2019s detention has been for her and her daughters \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=umILSe07oG0\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. For additional information on Ledezma\u2019s case, see \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/06\/05\/venezuela-letter-pope-francis\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022 style=\u0022min-height:1003px;\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022es\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022es\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/29Abril?src=hash\u0022\u003E#29Abril\u003C\/a\u003E se cumplen 8 meses del secuestro de Yon. Denunciamos las condiciones degradantes en que lo mantiene la dictadura. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiberenAYon?src=hash\u0022\u003E#LiberenAYon\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/2zClLFEnMA\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/2zClLFEnMA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\u2014 Yon Goicoechea (@YonGoicoechea) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/YonGoicoechea\/status\/858734449990787073\u0022\u003EApril 30, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__303264__en","data":"","settings":null}]