{"id":6570,"date":"2025-12-25T23:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T23:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2025-12-25T23:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T23:19:10","slug":"venezuela-frees-dozens-detained-during-protests-against-maduro-human-rights-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6570","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela frees dozens detained during protests against Maduro | Human Rights News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Families celebrate Christmas releases while calling for full freedom of detainees.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 25 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">25 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1318\">Authorities in Venezuela have released at least 60 people arrested during protests against President Nicolas Maduro\u2019s re-election, according to a human rights advocacy group, though campaigners say hundreds remain behind bars.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1566\">The releases began early on Thursday, over Christmas, according to the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners, a group of rights activists and relatives of detainees arrested during unrest that followed July\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1713\">\u201cWe celebrate the release of more than 60 Venezuelans, who should never have been arbitrarily detained,\u201d committee head Andreina Baduel told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1838\">\u201cAlthough they are not entirely free, we will continue working for their full freedom and that of all political prisoners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1840\" data-end=\"2149\">Maduro secured a third term in office in the July 2024 vote, a result rejected by parts of the opposition amid allegations of fraud. The disputed outcome triggered weeks of demonstrations, during which authorities arrested about 2,400 people. Nearly 2,000 have since been released, according to rights groups.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2151\" data-end=\"2324\">Despite the latest releases, Venezuela still holds at least 902 political prisoners, according to Foro Penal, an NGO that monitors detentions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2326\" data-end=\"2677\">Relatives said many of those freed had been held at Tocoron prison, a maximum-security facility in Aragua state, roughly 134km (83 miles) from the capital Caracas. Officials have not publicly clarified the conditions under which detainees were released.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2679\" data-end=\"2907\">\u201cWe must remember that there are more than 1,000 families with political prisoners,\u201d Baduel said. Her father, Raul Isaias Baduel, a former defence minister and once an ally of the late president, Hugo Chavez, died in custody in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families celebrate Christmas releases while calling for full freedom of detainees. 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