Venezuela has said another 177 imprisoned election protesters have been released out of the more than 2,000 people who were arrested during clashes after the controversial July 28 vote.
The announcement from Attorney General Tarek Saab would bring the total number of protesters released to 910, according to the Reuters news agency. However, rights groups have said they have not been able to verify all of those said to have regained their freedom.
The groups say at least three protesters have died in custody since demonstrations swept the country after the national electoral council declared President Nicolas Maduro the victor, without producing the official tallies.
In announcing the release of 103 election protesters on December 12, the citizen security service said that Maduro had instructed the government to review “all the cases concerning acts of violence and crimes committed in the framework of the election”.
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