More than 200 political prisoners in Venezuela launch hunger strike

More than 200 Venezuelan political prisoners were on hunger strike Sunday to demand their release under a new amnesty law that excludes many of them. The amnesty was approved by Venezuela’s congress on Thursday as part of a wave of reforms encouraged by the United States after it ousted and captured former president Nicolas Maduro […] The post More than 200 political prisoners in Venezuela launch hunger strike appeared first on Digital Journal.