More than 100 people detained during protests over Venezuela's disputed presidential election in July were freed on Saturday, according to local rights group Foro Penal that tallied the releases across four prisons.

Venezuela’s government has released some of the thousands of people who were detained during and after deadly protests that followed the July presidential election.

It was the first major release of dissidents since the start of President Nicolás Maduro’s crackdown, which advocates say has been the worst in the country’s recent history.

Venezuelan authorities will free 225 people this weekend who were detained in protests against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro in July, a source in the prosecutor's office told AFP Saturday.

At least 10 individuals held during Venezuela's post-election turmoil have been released, with reports of further expected releases from Yare III and Las Crisalidas prisons. The July election, which retained President Nicolas Maduro's leadership,

Venezuela Begins Releasing Prisoners Arrested After Election, Rights Group Says CARACAS (Reuters) - Ten people who were detained amid protests in the wake of Venezuela's July presidential election have been released from prison, local rights group Foro ...

As many as 225 people who protested against Nicolás Maduro’s contested election victory were set to be freed from Venezuelan prisons this weekend, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Dozens of people detained during protests over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election have been released, according to the local rights group Foro Penal.

CARACAS (Reuters) -At least 60 people detained during protests over Venezuela's disputed presidential election in July have been released from prison, local rights group Foro Penal said on Saturday. "Some political prisoners have been released since early in the morning,