After Maduro claimed victory, anti-government protests erupted.
Hundreds have been charged with crimes including terrorism, incitement to hatred and resistance to authority, according to Human Rights Watch., external
Foro Penal said prisoners had been released at four different prisons. Videos published on social media showed prisoners being released to cheers from onlookers.
Maduro is set to begin his third six-year term in January. Official results for July’s election published by the National Electoral Council (CNE) claimed Maduro, 61, won 52% of the vote to opposition candidate Edmundo González’s 43%.
The opposition, however, said it had evidence González had won by a comfortable margin, and uploaded detailed voting tallies to the internet which suggest González beat Maduro convincingly.
The CNE said it could not publish the voting records because the data had been corrupted by hackers.
González was granted political asylum in Spain in September.
