Venezuela Announces Release of 131 Political Prisoners After Progress in Dialogue with Opposition
Ludmila Vinograd 15 / 08 / 2026 Updated at 01: 39h.
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Until 17: 30 local time (21: 30 GMT) this Friday, the NGO Criminal Forum had confirmed 45 release and asked that this process "not be over until a political prisoner is left behind bars.". The government reported in a statement the "granting of alternative measures to deprivation of liberty for a total of 131 persons under detention, for their alleged or proven participation in the commission of offences under the Venezuelan legal system.". Venezuela's Minister of Information, Miguel Pérez Pirela, confirmed that alternative measures to prison were issued for 131 political prisoners in Venezuela, within what the government of Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has called the Program for Peace and Democratic Coexistence.
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Until 17: 30 local time (21: 30 GMT) this Friday, the NGO Criminal Forum had confirmed 45 release and asked that this process "not be over until a political prisoner is left behind bars.".
according to RPPThe government reported in a statement the "granting of alternative measures to deprivation of liberty for a total of 131 persons under detention, for their alleged or proven participation in the commission of offences under the Venezuelan legal system.".
according to Clarín — Último momentoVenezuela's Minister of Information, Miguel Pérez Pirela, confirmed that alternative measures to prison were issued for 131 political prisoners in Venezuela, within what the government of Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has called the Program for Peace and Democratic Coexistence.
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