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U.N. Cites Systematic Use of Excessive Force in Venezuela Crackdown on Dissent REUTERS I nytimes.com August 30, 2017 The United Nations on Wednesday said Venezuela’s security forces had committed extensive and apparently deliberate human rights violations in crushing anti-government protests Read more …
UN rights chief decries excessive force used against protesters AFP I www.theguardian.com August 8, 2017 The UN has decried “widespread and systematic use of excessive force” against demonstrators in Venezuela, saying security forces and pro-government groups were responsible for the deaths Read more …
UN rights chief ‘deeply concerned’ by detention of opposition leaders STATEMENT I un.org August 1, 2017 The top United Nations human rights official today expressed deep concern about the detention of two opposition leaders by Venezuelan authorities after Sunday’s elections Read more …
Video Footage Exposes Brutal Repression HRW I hrw.org July 21, 2017 Human Rights Watch issued a multimedia report today that shows the scale and brutality of violent repression of protests by Venezuelan security forces in recent months. Since early April 2017, tens of thousands Read more …
Venezuelan’s Opposition Calls For a Strike to Oppose Plans to Rewrite the Constitution RACHELLE KRYGIER AND NICK MIROFF I washingtonpost.com July 17, 2017 Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday pledged to defy the government with escalating protest tactics, Read more …
Leopoldo López Is Home. But Venezuela Is Not Free JOSE MIGUEL VIVANCO I nytimes.com July 11, 2017 On July 8, the government of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela delivered its most well-known political prisoner, Leopoldo López, to his home. The Supreme Court, Read more …
Request for humanitarian action for Leopoldo López FREE LEOPOLDO I freeleopoldo.com June 30, 2017 Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López has been completely incommunicado for the past three weeks. The only interaction that López has had with his family was on Read more …
I offer my resignation from OAS in exchange for freedom in Venezuela OAS I oas.org June 24, 2017 At the national and international level we have established a set of values and principles that define us. Enormous grief is caused when Read more …
Senior Officials’ Responsibility for Abuses HRW I hrw.org June 15, 2017 High-level Venezuelan officials bear responsibility for pervasive, serious abuses being committed under their watch, Human Rights Watch said today. These officials have failed to take steps to prevent or punish human Read more …
Peru Calls for Regional Action to Avoid Venezuela ‘Sea of Blood’ REUTERS I nytimes.com June 12, 2017 Latin America needs to take action to help Venezuela resolve its political crisis or risk the country turning into a “sea of blood,” Read more …