Venezuela has freed 225 people arrested during anti-government protests over the nation's disputed presidential election in July, Attorney General Tarek Saab said late on Saturday. The releases were based on new evidence gathered by prosecutors,

Dozens of people detained during protests over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election have been released, according to the local rights group Foro Penal.

Venezuela’s government has released some of the thousands of people who were detained during and after deadly protests that followed the July presidential election.