<h1>Venezuelan families register alleged political prisoners as partial releases prompt guarded hope amid rights crackdown.</h1> Advocates report a surge in families registering relatives as political prisoners following government announcements of releases; Foro Penal has confirmed about 100 new politically motivated cases among roughly 300 recent reports and noted 56 confirmed releases while the government reported 116 unidentified releases. Reports allege incommunicado detention, isolation, restricted lawyer and family access, and use of vague or terrorism-related charges. A broader context of post-election crackdowns and a law enabling criminalisation of human rights groups is said to have deterred earlier reporting but recent releases have spurred renewed registrations.