GENEVA: Venezuela has released 22 prisoners including the emblematic cases of judge Maria Afiuni and journalist Braulio Jatar, a senior U.N. official said on Friday. Twenty students were also among those freed on Thursday, according to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and her office. The news came after the U.N. Human Rights Council held a debate on Bachelet’s report of a visit to Venezuela in June. A spokeswoman said Bachelet had requested the 22 releases directly to leftist President Nicolas Maduro. Prosecutors accused Afiuni of taking bribes to free Cedeno.

Source: Pakistan Today July 05, 2019 11:48 UTC