US urges Venezuela to release remaining political prisoners
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The US has urged Venezuela to release the remaining political prisoners being held in the South American country.
More than 1,000 political prisoners have been freed since US forces seized Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a military raid on Caracas on 3 January and took him to New York, where he faces trial on drug-trafficking and torture charges.
But Venezuelan prisoners’ rights group Foro Penal says 322 people remain in detention.
