Hunger strike for prisoners

Relatives of Venezuelan prisoners went on hunger strike to demand the freedom of their loved ones as politicians in the South American nation debate an amnesty law for dissidents imprisoned under President Nicolas Maduro’s rule. In a message posted on Instagram, the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners said the hunger strike is being staged by 10 people and would last until the Government frees all 33 political prisoners still being held at a prison known as Zona 7, according to the civil society group’s estimates. Earlier on Saturday 17 prisoners were released from the Zona 7 detention center in Caracas and held tearful reunions with their families. Relatives of dissidents being held at the facility have been sleeping outside.