Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profile judge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago, and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. But maria afiunis brother says his sister still has restrictions on her freedom. Translation she cant speak to the media. She cant use social media. She cant leave the country. She has to present herself every 30 days. The logical thing would be to get rid of all the cautionary measures and respect what the un says, which is complete freedom, but that has not happened. We continue to wait. The un says one thing, the maduro government does another. Theyre never serious about what International Organisations say, so were in the same
And had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday, accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. But maria afiunis brother says his sister still has restrictions on her freedom. Translation she cant speak to the media. She cant use social media. She cant leave the country. She has to present herself every 30 days. The logical thing would be to get rid of all the cautionary measures and respect what the un says, which is complete freedom, but that has not happened. We continue to wait. The un says one thing, the maduro government does another. Theyre never serious about what International Organisations say, so were in the same situation. We continue to wait. The bbcs Guillermo Olmo is following events from caracas. Well, its very hard to say whats the real reason behind what nicolas maduros government does. What we know is t
Groups new report and the Perception Gap between partisans. As always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is monday, july 1. Congress is away from capitol hill for the fourth of july break. We begin with Vice President mike pence from over the weekend on the morality of Border Security. The Vice President told a gathering of conservative activists there is nothing compassionate about open borders. Phone lines as usual. Democrats, 2027488000, is the number. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Special line for border state residents. That number, 2027488003. You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling in now as we show you the Vice President saturday night speaking at the conservative faith and Freedom Coalitions annual dinner in washington, d. C. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] majors wee
Getting your reaction to this meeting, the president s trip to asia, and more. The president will return to washington today. Epublicans 202 7488000 republicans 202 7488001 democrats 202 7488000 and independence call 202 7488002. Lots to talk about with the president returning to washington following the meeting of the g20 in japan. And aover in south korea historic brief visit in north korea. Esident trump tweeting leaving south korea after a wonderful meeting with chairman am jongun. Important statement for alln and great progress. President trump becomes the first sitting president to set trump into north korea. The meeting with kim came four months after the breakdown of a second summit in hanoi. The president argued that the meeting was a success because his relationship with kim jongun deepened. History was made as trump and kim walked up to the demarcation line and shook hands. Kim invited trump to walk into north korea, they stayed for a few minutes then walked into south korea
Your cable or by satellite provider. Book confirmation bias inside washingtons war over the Supreme Court, from scalias death to justice kavanaugh. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. On the sundaynews morning. The president traveling to south korea crossing into north korea briefly, meeting for nearly an hour with chairman kim jongun. Guest that was a big moment for the president. The symbolism is what they were seeking. This is something that has been in the works for this trip. It may look impromptu, but it is not impromptu. It was a big step. The president really wanted this. Hes got problems in iran, and he needs to make sure his other problems are under control. It looks like they are going to talks. The i guess it is a small version of nixon goes to china. Host peter baker is writing this morning, President Trump stepping across a low concrete market 3 40 six local time and walked 20 steps to the base of a building on the north korean side for an encounter on telev