After Maduro declared victory, anti-government demonstrations broke out.
Hundreds have been charged with crimes including terrorism, inciting hatred and resisting government, according to Human Rights Watch., external
The Foro Penal said the prisoners were released from four different prisons. Videos posted on social media show prisoners being released to the cheers of onlookers.
Maduro is due to begin his third six-year term in January. Official results from the July election, released by the National Electoral Council (CNE), said Maduro, 61, won 52 percent of the vote to opposition candidate Edmund Gonzalez’s 43 percent.
However, the opposition said it had evidence that Gonzalez had won by a comfortable margin and uploaded detailed voting results online that showed Gonzalez had defeated Maduro in a landslide.
The CNE said it could not release the voting records because the data had been corrupted by hackers.
Gonzalez was received political asylum in Spain in September.
