Venezuela’s National Assembly on Thursday is set to resume debating a measure outlining the eligibility and exclusions for hundreds of people to be granted amnesty and be released after months or years of being in custody for political reasons.
The bill could benefit opposition members, activists, human rights defenders, journalists and many others who were targeted by the ruling party over the past 27 years. The debate was suspended last week after lawmakers were unable to agree on some issues, including whether people who left the country to avoid detention can be granted amnesty, and laid bare the resistance from some ruling-party loyalists to see opposition members be granted relief.
