political prisoner
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Before this weekend's developments, the group had confirmed the release of just 156 political prisoners since 8 January.
From BBC
In the past two weeks, her government has released dozens of political prisoners from among the hundreds behind bars.
From Barron's
Machado, who is still touring the US capital, insisted Tuesday there could be no real change in Venezuela until all political prisoners are released.
From Barron's
In Caracas, local human-rights organizations said Wednesday that just 100 political prisoners have been freed over the past week, far less than the figure provided by RodrÃguez.
One encouraging sign is that several dozen political prisoners have been released in the past week.
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