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Venezuela: More than 3,200 People Achieve Full Freedom After the Amnesty Law Comes Into Effect
The Amnesty Law has freed 3,231 people including detainees and those under house arrest, excluding serious crime convicts, amid ongoing human rights group concerns.
- On Tuesday, Venezuela's National Assembly special commission said over 3,200 people have been fully released since the Amnesty Law took effect Feb. 20.
- In the days after the Jan. 3 capture of then-President Nicolás Maduro, Rodríguez's government announced releases targeting former detainees and those previously under house arrest.
- The commission received 4,203 applications and granted full freedom to 3,052 people previously under house arrest plus 179 individuals who were in prison.
- But Venezuela-based prisoners' rights group Foro Penal said it has verified only 91 `political releases`, noted nearly 600 remain detained, and requested review of 232 excluded cases.
- The amnesty excludes people convicted of homicide, drug trafficking, military rebellion or serious human rights violations, with 232 excluded cases under review and nearly 600 ongoing detentions.
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Since the adoption of the amnesty law in Venezuela, about 180 political prisoners have been released from prison.
Amnesty in Venezuela Releases 179 Political Prisoners, over 3,000 Released - Opinion · Global Voices
A special commission of the National Assembly assured that more than 3,200 people have been completely released
Deputy Jorge Arreaza, president of the special commission for the development and implementation of mechanisms to ensure compliance with the Amnesty Law, said in a press conference that, until Tuesday morning, the competent agencies had received 4,203 requests to accede to the benefit of the amnesty. He assured that, following the evaluation of these requests, 3,052 persons who already had a precautionary measure of filing or house arrest have b…
The Venezuelan Parliament announced this Monday that a total of 2,021 people with precautionary measures and 177 prisoners have benefited under the Amnesty Law, according to Chavista deputy Jorge Arreaza, who chairs the parliamentary commission to comply with the rule. “We can say that 177 releases have been made, thanks to the law, 2,021 full freedoms have been given to people who were on presentation,” said the MP during a meeting in the Miraf…
Human Rights NGOs in Venezuela have reported on Tuesday that more than 100 political prisoners have been released since the National Assembly unanimously passed last Friday the amnesty law, which opens the door to release those who have committed crimes in the Latin American country since 1999. Specifically, the Venezuelan Parliament has reported that there have been a total of 179 releases that have occurred since the application of the rule, a…
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