US EditionVenezuela advances amnesty bill that could lead to mass release of political prisoners
The bill excludes serious crimes and spans administrations from Chávez to Maduro, aiming to free hundreds of political detainees amid demands for transparency from rights groups.
- On Thursday, Venezuela's legislature advanced an amnesty bill proposed by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez that could release hundreds of opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists.
- Rodríguez announced the bill late last month to a gathering of justices, magistrates, ministers and military brass, urging urgency for amnesty spanning Hugo Chávez's and Maduro's administrations until this year.
- The draft excludes those convicted of murder, drug trafficking and serious human rights violations, and rights groups react with cautious optimism while demanding the bill's full text be released.
- The measure still requires a second debate that has not been scheduled and must be signed by Rodríguez before it can take effect.
- Such an amnesty is a central demand of the opposition and human rights organizations with backing from the United States, and PROVEA urged urgent publication to protect victims' rights.
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In Venezuela, all political prisoners are to be released – Parliament voted in favour of an amnesty law, which is supposed to be a turning point for the South American country. "We ask for forgiveness and we also have to forgive," said the President of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, on Thursday. The National Assembly in Caracas unanimously approved the text of the law at first reading on Thursday. Among other things, the amnesty is to apply to all…
They are excluded from amnesty crimes that deal with human ethics and dignity, including human rights violations, crimes against humanity, war, murder, corruption and drug trafficking.
The draft adopted in 1st vote in the legislation must once again become eligible old rivals of the chavista regime.
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KurierAbout a month after the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's government wants to release political prisoners.
The Venezuelan parliament on Thursday successfully passed the first round of voting on a law to amnesty political prisoners, which does not cover serious human rights violations committed since Hugo Chavez took power in the country in 1999, the Spanish news agency EFE reported. The law was proposed by interim president Delcy Rodriguez.
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