Venezuela should ‘release’ jailed opponents: UN rights chief

Caracas (AFP) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged Venezuela’s government to release jailed dissidents at the end of a three-day visit to the crisis-wracked country.

“I call on the authorities to release all those who are detained or deprived of their liberty for exercising their civil rights in a peaceful manner,” said Bachelet, referring to hundreds of incarcerated opponents of President Nicolas Maduro’s government.