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Machado Meets Pope in Private Vatican Audience Ahead of Thursday White House Visit

The meeting highlights her push for the release of political prisoners during Venezuela’s turbulent transition.

Venezuela Claims 116 Freed as Rights Groups Count Dozens in Slow Prisoner Releases

Venezuela’s Political Prisoner Releases Creep Forward as U.S. Talks Resume

Venezuela Begins Limited Release of Political Prisoners as U.S. Pressure Mounts

Colombia Masses 30,000 Security Forces at Venezuela Border as Crossings Stay Open

Trump Says El Helicoide Is Closing, Rights Groups Say No Proof

Myanmar Junta Grants Independence Day Amnesty to 6,134 Prisoners

U.S. Bars Five European Figures Over Alleged Online Censorship, Triggering EU Condemnation

Jimmy Lai Conviction Fuels Global Fallout as China Rebukes G7 and EU Criticism

Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Shares Screenplay as Awards Momentum Mounts

Freed Belarusian Prisoners Reach EU as U.S. Eases Potash Sanctions

Belarus Pardons 123 Political Prisoners After U.S. Lifts Potash Sanctions

U.S. Lifts Belarus Potash Sanctions as Minsk Pardons 123, Including Nobel Laureate

Pakistan Government Closes Door on PTI Talks as PPP Rejects Party Bans

Bipartisan U.S. Lawmakers Urge Sanctions on Pakistani Officials Over Transnational Repression

Palestinian American Teen Freed After 9 Months in Israeli Custody as Abuse Claims Fuel Calls for U.S. Action

Freed Detainee Says He Saw Argentine Gendarme Nahuel Gallo Inside Venezuela’s El Rodeo Prison

U.S. and Belarus Discuss Deal to Free More Than 100 Political Prisoners

Edem Bekirov, Crimean Tatar Activist Freed in 2019 Exchange, Dies in Istanbul

Boualem Sansal Breaks Silence After Release, Describes Harsh Detention and Measured Tone