Venezuela legislature passes limited amnesty bill critiqued by rights groups

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Venezuela's ruling party-controlled legislature on Thursday approved a limited amnesty bill that human rights organizations say falls short of offering relief for hundreds of political prisoners in the country, as some family members of detainees completed a fifth day on hunger strike.

Interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who took power last month after the U.S. ouster of President Nicolas Maduro, has bowed to Trump administration demands on oil sales and released hundreds of people who human rights groups class as political prisoners, as part of a normalization in relations between the two countries.

The government has always denied holding political prisoners and says those jailed have committed crimes.