A renowned Venezuelan human rights activist was freed on Sunday (February 1, 2026) after more than four years in a notorious Caracas prison, saying he endured 1,675 days behind bars that were “too much pain for a human being.”
“The message remains the same: four years and seven months in prison did not silence the truth. The truth set me free,” Javier Tarazona told AFP in an interview, hours after being released from the Helicoide prison, where he was held on charges including terrorism and treason.
The dissident’s release marked the latest step by Venezuela’s inte
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