Venezuela grants amnesty to 379 political prisoners
Al Jazeera
The move is in line with a new law, giving hope to throngs of others jailed over alleged plots to oust the government.
Venezuelan authorities have granted amnesty to 379 political prisoners, according to a lawmaker, after a new law was enacted by interim authorities following the United States’ abduction of President Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela’s National Assembly unanimously adopted the law on Thursday, providing hope that hundreds of political prisoners may soon be released.
National Assembly deputy Jorge Arreaza, the lawmaker overseeing the amnesty process, said in a televised interview on Friday that the 379 prisoners “must be released, granted amnesty, between tonight and tomorrow morning”.
“Requests have been submitted by the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the competent courts to grant amnesty measures,” he said.
President Trump calls Supreme Court justices an ’embarrassment to their families’ in 45-minute address to the media.
These are the key developments from day 1,458 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Activists released on bail include four hunger strikers: Teuta Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed, Qesser Zuhrah and Heba Muraisi.
‘It would be fine if they took it all,’ Mike Huckabee says when asked about expanding Israel from the Nile to the Euphrates.
The case is the first major challenge to Trump’s policy agenda, but the US president still has other legal avenues to pursue trade restrictions.
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says Hungary ‘will not give in to this blackmail’ after oil flows from Ukraine halted.
At least 1,000 companies have already sued the administration of United States President Donald Trump. Legal experts argue a higher burden will be on small businesses
Lebanon’s official news agency NNA says ‘Israeli drone’ targeted the Hittin neighbourhood of the Ein el-Hilweh camp.
Can wildlife tourism balance conservation, land rights and profit?
Unions have slammed the reforms as an effort under libertarian President Javier Milei to erode protections for workers.