On Monday 20 February, the chairs of the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee and human rights sub-committee, David McAllister (EPP, Germany) and Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, Italy), called on the Venezuelan government to release opposition leader Leopoldo López as well all the other political prisoners who have been imprisoned for expressing their political opinions.
The Venezuelan supreme court decided on 16 February to maintain the decision to sentence López to 14 year in...