More than 100 political prisoners caught up in a post-election crackdown have been released, according to a human rights group.

Venezuela has freed 225 people arrested during anti-government protests over the nation's disputed presidential election in July, Attorney General Tarek Saab said late on Saturday. The releases were based on new evidence gathered by prosecutors,

Dozens of people detained during protests over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election have been released, according to the local rights group Foro Penal.

Venezuela’s government has released some of the thousands of people who were detained during and after deadly protests that followed the July presidential election.

Venezuela Begins Releasing Prisoners Arrested After Election, Rights Group Says CARACAS (Reuters) - Ten people who were detained amid protests in the wake of Venezuela's July presidential election have been released from prison, local rights group Foro ...

Venezuelan authorities have freed 107 people detained during protests sparked by the disputed presidential election in July.

Venezuelan authorities will free 225 people this weekend who were detained in protests against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro in July, a source in the prosecutor's office told AFP Saturday.

More than 100 people detained during protests over Venezuela's disputed presidential election in July were freed on Saturday, according to local rights group Foro Penal that tallied the releases across four prisons.

It was the first major release of political prisoners since the beginning of President Nicolás Maduro’s post-election crackdown, which advocates say has been the worst in the country’s recent history.

At least 60 people detained during protests over Venezuela's disputed presidential election in July have been released from prison, local rights group Foro Penal said on Saturday.