Venezuela to release 379 political prisoners under amnesty

The data comes after the country's parliament this week voted through an amnesty law, applicable to Venezuelans arrested during 13 different periods of social and political unrest in the country since 1999.

Under Nicolás Maduro's hardline rule, hundreds - likely thousands - were arrested for alleged coup attempts against the authoritarian president.

Relatives of political prisoners have been waiting outside prisons across Venezuela for weeks, but it is still unclear which political prisoners are included in the amnesty.

The historic new law is described as the core of the reforms that interim President Delcy Rodríguez has implemented since she became interim president in January.