Venezuela said on Thursday it would release “a significant number” of prisoners in a move its government framed as a gesture “to seek peace.”

Venezuelan-Spanish rights activist Rocio San Miguel has been freed in a prisoner release in the South American country, one source in the Spanish government and another in the Venezuelan opposition sa...

The Penal Forum, a human rights organization in Venezuela, said that as of Dec. 29, 2025, there were 863 people detained in Venezuela “for political reasons.”