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Overview
- National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez said 17 political detainees at Caracas’s Zona 7 were being freed under the proposed Amnesty Law, without providing names.
- Opposition groups Vente Venezuela’s human-rights committee and the NGO CLIPPVE reported confirming the 17 releases, with one outlet noting 10 men and seven women.
- The Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners said union leader José Elías Torres was among those released, though relatives outside Zona 7 reported they had not seen people leave.
- Families and some detainees launched a hunger strike at Zona 7 to demand wider releases, escalating pressure after weeks of vigils and nationwide student-led demonstrations.
- Lawmakers postponed a vote on the sweeping amnesty to Feb. 19 as disputes persist over scope and judicial application, with Foro Penal counting 431 conditional releases since Jan. 8 and 644 people still detained.