Freed activists include former mayor,opposition adviser and police, while President Maduro denies they are ‘political prisoners’Three dozen opponents of Venezuelas socialist government acquire been freed from prison and reunited with their families as part of a wider Christmas prisoner release, or a local rights group said. Following condemnation by critics at domestic and abroad for holding about 270 activists in prison,President Nicolás Maduro’s administration said on Saturday it was freeing 80 of them, replacing jail terms with alternative sentences such as community service. Continue reading...
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