Overview
- Henrique Capriles urged authorities to grant full, unconditional freedoms to those recently released and to continue excarcerations for those still detained.
- Foro Penal reports 143 verified releases out of more than 800 arrests from late December, describing the process as slow and limited.
- Interim president Delcy Rodríguez frames the releases as a peace gesture and says 406 liberations are planned over recent days, with more to come.
- Lawmakers say they have not received official lists of those freed, while families and rights groups decry opaque procedures and scarce information.
- Venezuelan authorities reject the label of political prisoners, and Capriles presses for broader civil-liberty guarantees and institutional reforms, including a new electoral council.