At approximately 21:00 on 12 August 2025, human rights defender Martha Lía Grajales was conditionally released after being arbitrarily detained since 8 August in Caracas, Venezuela. The charges against her haven’t been dropped and five other human rights defenders remain arbitrarily detained, including Javier Tarazona, Rocío San Miguel, Kennedy Tejeda, Eduardo Torres, and Carlos Julio Rojas, who has been kept in incommunicado detention since 30 July. We call on Nicolás Maduro to immediately and unconditionally release all arbitrarily detained individuals and protect their rights to life, physical integrity, and fair trial, specifically ensuring trusted medical care and family visits.
