00:00Standing outside El Rodeo prison east of Caracas, emotion is running high.
00:06Families who've camped here for days erupt into cheers as more detainees walk out the gates,
00:12freed under a new amnesty law aimed at releasing political prisoners.
00:19Honey, they just released me.
00:24Yes, calm down, I'm here, and they just released me.
00:29But celebrations are tinged with frustration because many remain behind bars.
00:34Their families and former inmates say the fight isn't over.
00:39I have just been released without restrictions and with complete freedom.
00:43All the others must be released.
00:45This fight must continue and intensify until everyone is released and free.
00:51Venezuela's acting president signed the long-awaited sweeping amnesty into law Thursday.
00:56A stark policy shift after last month's stunning U.S. military raid that captured and forcibly removed
01:03former president Nicolas Maduro.
01:05The pardon extends to 11,000 political prisoners who over nearly three decades were paroled or placed under house arrest.
01:13But inside the prison walls, unrest is growing.
01:16A hunger strike began Friday night after inmates learned that not all would be allowed to benefit from the amnesty
01:22because it excludes some cases of those involved in the military.
01:28All political prisoners, of which there are around 213, are united in this hunger strike.
01:34They're demanding medical assistance.
01:36They're demanding that their rights are not violated and that there will be genuine releases.
01:41Since Maduro's arrest, more than 1,500 political prisoners have applied for amnesty,
01:47and Venezuelan authorities have already gradually released nearly 500 detainees.
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