Venezuelan NGO Espacio Publico said on X on Thursday that its director, Carlos Correa, has been released from detention. Last week, Venezuelan opposition parties and NGOs condemned the arrests of the prominent press freedom activist and a well-known opposition figure,

The head of a leading Venezuelan human rights group was released from detention Thursday, his NGO said, after nine days in custody following a crackdown on critics of President Nicolas Maduro.

The director of the Venezuelan NGO Espacio Público, activist, and journalist, was arrested last Thursday, and his family does not know where he is being held. Carlos Correa, the director of the Venezuelan NGO Espacio Público,

Maduro’s inauguration seals an election outcome that opposition politicians and the US government say was stolen.