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“Justice for Venezuela: A Petition for Freedom, Accountability, and Protection Now” 

Sign to demand truth, accountability, and a democratic future for Venezuela.

Venezuela needs justice, not silence. This petition is not created, sponsored, or directed by any political party, political campaign, government, or political entity. It is a citizen-led initiative created by Venezuelans in exile, together with citizens who believe in human rights, democracy, transparency, environmental protection, and accountability.

This petition demands freedom for all political prisoners, an end to repression, independent audits of corrupt officials and state institutions, investigation of oil, gas, mining, infrastructure, and environmental failures, accountability for all damage to ecosystems, and urgent protection for all Venezuelans in Exile.

This petition is not an act of revenge. It is a demand for freedom and justice.

Venezuela cannot heal without truth. It cannot be rebuilt without accountability. It cannot become free while political prisoners remain behind bars, while protesters are repressed, while public resources are stolen, while infrastructure collapses, and while the environment is destroyed for profit and power.

We call on Venezuelan institutions, international human rights organizations, democratic governments, environmental organizations, and the global Venezuelan diaspora to support this demand for justice, transparency, and national restoration.

 

Our Demands

We, the undersigned, demand:

• The immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners.
• Full and equal implementation of any amnesty law.
• Independent investigations into arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearance, and deaths in custody.
• An end to repression, violence, and persecution against peaceful protesters.
• Independent audits of high-ranking politicians, cabinet members, military officials, judges, prosecutors, and state company executives.
• Public audits of infrastructure, public services, and the national power grid.
• Full safety and environmental audits of oil and gas operations.
• Investigation and dismantling of illegal mining networks protected territories.
• Review and suspension of illegal construction in protected parks.
• Emergency cleanup and restoration plans for all contaminated lakes and waterways.
• Protection for victims, whistleblowers, journalists, activists, Indigenous communities, and environmental defenders.
• International oversight to ensure transparency, due process, and accountability.
• International protection for Venezuelans in exile, migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
• Suspension of deportations, expulsions, or forced returns when there is a risk of persecution, repression, arbitrary detention, violence, or human rights violations.
• Protection against transnational persecution, threats, political surveillance, or retaliation against Venezuelans in other countries.
• Humanitarian mechanisms for immigration regularization, work permits, temporary protection, family reunification, and access to basic services for displaced Venezuelans.

The following nine key points outline the core demands of this petition:

 

1. Justice for Political Prisoners and Full Implementation of Amnesty

We demand the immediate review, release, and full restoration of rights for all individuals detained for political reasons, including civilians, students, activists, journalists, human rights defenders, opposition members, military personnel, and foreign nationals who have been arbitrarily detained or denied due process.

We request that any amnesty law or political prisoner release process be applied equally, transparently, and without discrimination or political manipulation. No person should be excluded from justice because of political affiliation, military status, nationality, public visibility, or lack of influence.

We further demand:

• The publication of a complete and verified list of all political prisoners.
• Immediate access to legal counsel, family members, medical care, and independent human rights observers.
• The annulment of politically motivated charges where due process was violated.
• The end of conditional releases that continue to silence, intimidate, or restrict former political prisoners.
• Independent investigations into torture, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and deaths in custody. 

Human rights organizations have continued to report arbitrary detentions, repression of dissent, and political imprisonment in Venezuela, including concerns that releases have sometimes been followed by new arrests or continued restrictions on those released.

 

2. End to Violence, Repression, and Persecution Against Protesters

We demand an immediate and permanent end to all violence, repression, intimidation, persecution, surveillance, and criminalization against Venezuelans exercising their constitutional and human right to peaceful protest.

We call for:

• A prohibition on the use of excessive force against protesters.
• The disbanding and investigation of armed civilian groups used to intimidate citizens.
• Accountability for security forces involved in human rights violations.
• Protection for journalists, medics, human rights defenders, students, and peaceful demonstrators.
• International monitoring of protests and detention centers.

No government, political party, military body, or security institution should be allowed to use fear as a tool of political control.

 

3. Independent Audits of Public Officials, State Institutions, and Military Leadership

We demand independent, public, and internationally supervised audits of current and former high-ranking public officials, cabinet members, military leaders, state contractors, and politically connected individuals who have exercised control over public resources, national security institutions, state-owned companies, public infrastructure, and strategic industries.

These audits should include, but not be limited to, officials and power structures connected to:

• The Rodríguez family, including Jorge Rodríguez and Delcy Rodríguez.
• Diosdado Cabello.
• Senior cabinet members.
• High-ranking military officials.
• Directors and executives of state-owned companies.
• Public prosecutors, judges, and security officials involved in political persecution.
• Individuals or entities linked to corruption, illicit enrichment, organized crime, sanctions violations, or human rights abuses.

We demand that these investigations follow due process, preserve evidence, protect witnesses, and publish findings in a transparent manner. Any person found responsible for corruption, human rights violations, illicit enrichment, abuse of power, or crimes against the Venezuelan people must face legal consequences before independent courts.

International organizations have repeatedly raised concerns about corruption, lack of democratic accountability, organized crime influence, and the role of state institutions in repression and impunity in Venezuela.

 

4. Audit of Infrastructure, Public Services, and the National Power Grid

We demand a complete technical and financial audit of Venezuela’s public infrastructure, including the national power grid, water systems, hospitals, roads, bridges, ports, public transportation, telecommunications, and public housing projects.

The Venezuelan people deserve to know:

• Where public infrastructure funds went.
• Why essential systems have collapsed or deteriorated.
• Which contractors, officials, ministries, and military-linked entities were responsible.
• Whether negligence, corruption, lack of maintenance, or mismanagement contributed to blackouts, water shortages, hospital failures, transportation breakdowns, and public safety risks.

The audit must include the national electrical system, generation plants, transmission networks, substations, maintenance contracts, emergency spending, and procurement records.

Public infrastructure is not a political trophy. It is a basic right and a matter of national survival.

 

5. Oil, Gas, and Industrial Safety Accountability

We demand an independent safety, environmental, and financial audit of Venezuela’s oil and gas operations, including PDVSA, joint ventures, refineries, pipelines, offshore and lake facilities, gas processing plants, storage terminals, and petrochemical facilities.

This audit must investigate:

• Industrial accidents, fires, explosions, spills, and worker injuries.
• Maintenance failures and operational negligence.
• Worker safety conditions.
• Emergency response protocols.
• Environmental damage caused by oil and gas operations.
• Corruption or mismanagement in procurement, contracts, and production.
• The role of political or military control in operational decisions.

Recent incidents, including a reported fire at a gas facility in Lake Maracaibo that injured workers, show the urgent need for transparent industrial safety oversight and public accountability.

Venezuela’s oil and gas resources belong to the Venezuelan people. They must not be managed through secrecy, corruption, negligence, or political favoritism.

 

6. Environmental Protection and Investigation of Illegal Mining in Bolívar and the Venezuelan Amazon

We demand an immediate audit, suspension, and investigation of illegal mining operations in Bolívar, Amazonas, and all protected or Indigenous territories affected by mining, deforestation, mercury contamination, armed groups, forced labor, corruption, and environmental destruction.

This investigation must include:

• Illegal gold mining in Bolívar and the Orinoco Mining Arc.
• Military, political, or criminal involvement in mining operations.
• Environmental destruction in Indigenous territories.
• Mercury contamination of rivers and communities.
• Forced displacement, violence, and exploitation of local populations.
• The role of state institutions, private actors, armed groups, and foreign buyers.
• Restoration plans for damaged ecosystems.

Reports have linked illegal mining in southern Venezuela to deforestation, mercury contamination, armed groups, Indigenous displacement, and protected-area destruction.

The destruction of the Venezuelan Amazon is not only a national emergency. It is a global environmental crisis.

 

7. Protection of National Parks and Protected Areas, Along with Cleanup and Protection of All Venezuelan Lakes

We demand an immediate review and suspension of all irregular, illegal, or environmentally harmful construction projects in protected areas and all national parks, marine parks, forest reserves, Indigenous lands, and ecologically sensitive zones.

We call for:

• A public registry of all permits granted in protected areas.
• Investigation of construction projects approved without proper environmental review.
• Cancellation of illegal or politically connected concessions.
• Protection of marine ecosystems, coral reefs, mangroves, beaches, wildlife, and local communities.
• Accountability for officials and private actors who violated environmental protections.

Protected areas belong to the nation and future generations. They must not be sold, privatized, destroyed, or exploited for political or personal gain.

We demand an urgent national environmental emergency plan for Lake Maracaibo and all other lakes, rivers, wetlands, and water systems affected by oil spills, sewage, industrial waste, mining runoff, agricultural contamination, and state negligence.

This plan must include:

• Independent water and soil testing.
• Public reporting of oil spills and contamination levels.
• Cleanup and restoration programs.
• Accountability for polluting companies and state entities.
• Protection for fishing communities and affected families.
• Long-term monitoring by universities, scientists, local communities, and international environmental organizations.

Lake Maracaibo has suffered from oil pollution, spills, untreated sewage, and industrial contamination, making environmental recovery an urgent national priority.

Venezuela’s lakes, rivers, forests, beaches, and national parks are part of the country’s identity and future. Their destruction must end.

 

8. Protection for Venezuelans in Exile, Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers

We demand international protection for Venezuelans in exile, migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers who have fled Venezuela for political, humanitarian, economic, social, or security reasons.

Many Venezuelans outside the country continue to face fear, persecution, threats, surveillance, discrimination, family separation, immigration uncertainty, and the risk of deportation. In many cases, returning to Venezuela may expose them to arbitrary detention, political persecution, retaliation, lack of access to basic services, insecurity, or human rights violations.

We call on democratic governments, international organizations, and immigration authorities to:

• Suspend deportations, expulsions, or forced returns of Venezuelans with no criminal record when there is a risk of persecution, repression, arbitrary detention, violence, insecurity, or human rights violations.
• Guarantee fair, transparent, and humanitarian immigration processes for Venezuelans in vulnerable situations.
• Protect asylum seekers, refugees, activists, journalists, human rights defenders, relatives of political prisoners, persecuted military personnel, students, and citizens who have denounced abuses by the Venezuelan State.
• Recognize the risk many Venezuelans face if returned to the country, especially those who have participated in protests, political activism, public denunciations, independent journalism, human rights defense, or anti-corruption efforts.
• Avoid migration agreements that result in forced returns without an individual assessment of risk.
• Protect Venezuelans abroad from intimidation, threats, transnational persecution, political surveillance, or retaliation by officials, power networks, or groups linked to the Venezuelan State.
• Facilitate immigration regularization mechanisms, work permits, temporary protection, family reunification, and access to basic services.
• Ensure that no Venezuelan is punished, deported, or abandoned because they lack valid documents issued by a State that has made access to passports, identity cards, apostilles, and other essential documents difficult.

The Venezuelan exile should not be treated as a burden or a statistic. It is the direct consequence of a political, institutional, economic, humanitarian, and human rights crisis.

Protecting Venezuelans abroad also means protecting the freedom, dignity, and lives of those who were forced to leave their country.

 

9. Creation of Independent Truth, Justice, and Accountability Commissions

We demand the creation of independent commissions, with participation from Venezuelan civil society, victims’ families, human rights organizations, environmental experts, Indigenous representatives, universities, international observers, and legal experts.

These commissions must investigate:

• Political imprisonment and repression.
• Corruption and illicit enrichment.
• Human rights violations.
• Military and security force abuses.
• Environmental destruction.
• Infrastructure collapse.
• Oil, gas, mining, and public contract mismanagement.

Their findings must be public, legally actionable, and protected from political interference.

 

For the political prisoners.
For the victims of repression.
For the workers injured and silenced.
For Indigenous communities and environmental defenders.
For Venezuelans inside and outside the country.
For those who resist in Venezuela and for those who were forced into exile.
For those who cannot return without risking their freedom, safety, or life.
For our very damaged ecosystem.
For the Venezuelan people.

 

We demand truth.
We demand justice.
We demand accountability.
We demand protection.
We demand a free, democratic, transparent, prosperous Venezuela.