Proposed Amnesty and Jail Closure Stir Hopes for a Venezuelan Spring

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On Tuesday, the Venezuelan NGO Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners demanded that the amnesty bill announced last Friday by President-in-Charge Delcy Rodríguez be published "immediately" and requested that it be presented to Parliament in the "next hours". "To date there is no [...] The Venezuelan NGO entry calls for the publication of "immediately" amnesty bill was first published in Information Focus.

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Amnesty International (AI) urged this Tuesday, February 3, that the Amnesty Law proposed last Friday, January 30, by Delcy Rodríguez for the “political prisoners” detained since 1999 should not become a “mechanism of impunity.” In a press release, the organization said that it is still “not clear whether the Amnesty Law could be extended to state agents, which would make it a mechanism of impunity, an outcome that should not be allowed.”

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Political leader Andrés Velásquez said this Monday that for the release of all political prisoners in Venezuela there is no need for the adoption of an Amnesty Law, especially those with serious health problems. “You don’t have to wait for Amnesty Law, political prisoners can be released with an order and ready, since all their cases are supported by false accusations and irritated trials. Especially those who present severe health conditions an…