SAN FRANCISCO DE YARE, Venezuela: Venezuelan authorities freed 225 people this weekend who were detained in protests against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro in July, the prosecutor´s office said on Sunday.

The releases were “granted and executed for people prosecuted for the violence that occurred after the 28 July elections,” the office said in a statement, after prosecutors launched a large-scale review of their cases.

Human rights group Foro Penal had independently confirmed the release of 107 people by Sunday evening.