Venezuela releases dozens of political prisoners as election calls grow
The prisoner release scheme was a key concession by her administration to the US.However, her decision to end the scheme attracted criticism from opposition and rights groups. Foro Penal said it was stopped with less than half of the nation's political prisoners released.Rodriguez's government continues to deny dissidents are jailed.
- ▪The prisoner release scheme was a key concession by her administration to the US.However, her decision to end the scheme attracted criticism from opposition and rights groups.
- ▪Foro Penal said it was stopped with less than half of the nation's political prisoners released.Rodriguez's government continues to deny dissidents are jailed.
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Venezuela releases dozens of political prisoners as election calls growImage source, EPAImage caption, Prisoner releases and free elections were two key pledges made to the US by the new administrationByAleks PhillipsPublished1 hour agoVenezuelan authorities have released a slew of political prisoners, human rights groups say, days after the nation's interim leader met US President Donald Trump in New York.Among those released in the early hours of Saturday morning was Wilder Vasquez, who was handed a five-year sentence in 2018 over claims he was plotting to kill former President Nicolás Maduro.Opposition figures have renewed calls for free elections after interim President Delcy Rodriguez held talks with Trump, who captured Maduro earlier this year, at the UN General Assembly on…
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