Venezuelan authorities have released more than 100 people arrested after a contested presidential election in July, according to a local rights group.
“So far, we have confirmed 107 political prisoners because of the post-election situation in Venezuela,” said Alfredo Romero of the non-governmental organization Foro Penal.
The group said more than 1,800 people were arrested for their role in mass protests after the July election.
Election officials loyal to President Nicolás Maduro declared him the winner, but the claim has been widely rejected by the international community.
After Maduro claimed victory, Anti-government protests broke out.
Hundreds of people have been charged with crimes including terrorism, incitement to hatred and resistance to authority. Human Rights Watch.
The Foro Penal said the prisoners have been released in four different prisons. Videos posted on social media show the prisoners being released to the cheers of onlookers.
Maduro is set to begin his third six-year term in January. Official results from the July election by the National Electoral Council (CNE) claimed Maduro, 61, won 52 percent of the vote compared to 43 percent for rival candidate Edmundo González.
However, the opposition said it had evidence that González won by a comfortable margin, and uploaded detailed voting data to the Internet showing González convincingly beat Maduro. Defeated.
The CNE said it could not publish voting records because the data had been tampered with by hackers.
It was Gonzalez. Political asylum was granted. In Spain in September
