April 24 (UPI) -- Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced she was ending the application of an amnesty law after reporting more than 8,600 beneficiaries granted full freedoms.
Human rights organizations described the measure as arbitrary and unconstitutional. Moreover, the groups warned the decision ignores hundreds of political prisoners.
Rodríguez said Thursday that the amnesty, intended to pardon alleged political crimes committed since 1999, "has come to an end."
She defended its implementation, saying it allowed thousands of people detained or subject to restrictive measures for political reasons to be released.
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