Buenos Aires
Reuters
Venezuela has received more than 1,550 requests under its new amnesty law, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said on state-run television on Saturday.
Venezuela’s National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez holds the document of an amnesty law meant to grant immediate clemency to individuals jailed for participating in political protests, after its approval, in Caracas, Venezuela, on 19th February, 2026. PICTURE: Reuters/Fausto Torrealba
Rodriguez said hundreds of prisoners are currently being released under the law, which was passed by the ruling party-controlled legislature on Thursday. Human rights organisations say the law falls short of offering relief for hundreds of political prisoners in the country.
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who took power last month after the US ouster of President Nicolas Maduro, has bowed to Trump administration demands on oil sales and released hundreds of people classified by human rights groups as political prisoners. Venezuela has denied holding political prisoners and says those jailed have committed crimes.
Opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, had a house arrest order against him lifted, his brother, lawmaker Tomas Guanipa, told Reuters late on Thursday.