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Venezuela refuses again visit of IACHR eluniversal.com October 19, 2015 The Venezuelan government refused on Monday again a new offer from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to visit Venezuela and accused it of partiality in a public hearing Read more …

Venezuela opposition leader jailed for his ‘art of words’ while leader of protest movement RAQUEL LEON I independent.co.uk October 8, 2015 Living in a two metre square cell at the Ramo Verde military prison outside Caracas, Venezuela’s jailed opposition leader Read more …

Even in Jail, I Will Fight for a Free Venezuela LEOPOLDO LOPEZ I nytimes.com September 25, 2015 On Feb. 12, 2014, the repressive and inept elite that governs Venezuela ordered my arrest on charges of conspiracy, arson, inciting violence, damage Read more …

UN Working Group on arbitrary detention demands immediate release of Leopoldo López ohchr.org September 18, 2015 The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations Human Rights Council urged the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to proceed Read more …

Free Venezuela’s Leopoldo López BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD I Nytimes.com September 13, 2015 Upon hearing he had been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison on Thursday night, the Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López extended his arms to a Read more …

Kafka in Caracas JEFFREY TAYLER I ForeignPolicy.com September 3, 2015 On Aug. 25 in Caracas, Judge Susana Barreiros announced the sudden and unexpected conclusion of judicial proceedings against Leopoldo López, the charismatic 44-year-old leader of the opposition party Voluntad Popular, Read more …

Trial Ends Abruptly, Before Key Evidence and Witnesses are Considered FreeLeopoldo.com August 28, 2015 Judge Susana Barreiros ended the trial against Leopoldo López on August 25 – even though much of the evidence and witnesses submitted by both the prosecution Read more …

Felipe González: In Venezuela there is vote, but no legitimacy of exercise ElUniversal.com August 21, 2015 Former President of Spain Felipe González asserted Venezuela faces an institutional crisis. The State, he reckoned, only works to issue statements holding the other Read more …

OAS Secretary General welcomes release of Venezuelan opponents ElUniversal.com August 13, 2015 The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, welcomed on Thursday the release of former Minister of Defense Raúl Baduel and the home arrest Read more …

Jailed Venezuela Opposition Ex-Mayor Granted House Arrest Nytimes.com August 11, 2015 Daniel Ceballos, a jailed former mayor of Venezuela’s western city of San Cristobal, has been granted house arrest due to health issues, the public prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. Read more …