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Foro Penal assures it has verified the release of 72 political prisoners

Foro Penal has verified the release of 72 political prisoners as of August 15, following the Venezuelan government's announcement of alternative measures for 131 detainees.

Tracked question

How many political prisoners are held, and is the trend improving? · Full question dossier →

linked by topic terms: foro penal, political prisoners, presos politicos

What would settle it: Foro Penal's monthly count falling for two consecutive months with named releases.

Evidence state: insufficientas of Sep 13, 2026changed from emerging → insufficientnot yet linked to a tracked event object in our corpus — no source count yet

Foro Penal verified 72 releases (55 men, 17 women) by 10:00 a.m. on August 15.

The Venezuelan government announced alternative measures for 131 detainees, requested by the Public Ministry.

The government described the cases as related to 'attacks against democratic institutionalism, peace, and development.'

Dinorah Figuera, president of the 2015-elected National Assembly, committed to working for the release of political prisoners in the dialogue process.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-15 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.