Takeaways from AP report on fear of repression in post-election Venezuela
5 months ago

Takeaways from AP report on fear of repression in post-election Venezuela

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — The last time anyone heard from Edni López was Sunday. A protester scuffles with police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection, the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. “There’s a sense that police have a quota to fill and anyone can be stopped and carted away as a suspected subversive.” A protester kicks a tear gas canister fired by police during demonstration against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection, the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. Protesters face off with police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection, the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. A man carries a protester affected by tear gas thrown by police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection, the day after the vote, in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024.

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Venezuelan rights group reports 3rd in-custody death among people detained in post-election unrest
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Venezuelan rights group reports 3rd in-custody death among people detained in post-election unrest

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — A man detained in Venezuela during the civil unrest that followed the country’s disputed July presidential election died in custody Monday, marking the third such death reported by an inmates’ rights organization. His death came as Venezuela’s top prosecutor announced that roughly a fourth of the 2,000 people detained in connection with post-election demonstrations had been granted …

UN human rights watchdog opens investigation into Venezuela presidential election
1 month, 1 week ago

UN human rights watchdog opens investigation into Venezuela presidential election

Associated Press  

MIAMI — The top United Nations human rights watchdog on Tuesday ordered Venezuela to avoid destroying tally sheets and other electoral material as it investigates allegations that President Nicolás Maduro stole this summer’s election. The U.N. Human Rights Council announced the opening of the probe in a letter to several Latin American jurists who in October petitioned the U.N. agency …

U.N. experts decry worsening repression in Venezuela after contested election
3 months, 3 weeks ago

U.N. experts decry worsening repression in Venezuela after contested election

LA Times  

Protesters clash with police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, in July. Independent U.N. human rights experts said in a new report Tuesday that their findings show Venezuela’s government has intensified the use of the “harshest and most violent” tools of repression after the disputed July …

Aid worker’s airport disappearance stokes fear of repression after disputed Venezuela vote
5 months ago

Aid worker’s airport disappearance stokes fear of repression after disputed Venezuela vote

LA Times  

An undated family photo shows Edni Lopez, a political science professor and award-winning poet, at her home in Caracas, Venezuela. “I pray to God I don’t get screwed because of a system error.” What happened next remains a mystery — one contributing to the climate of fear and repression that has engulfed Venezuela after its disputed presidential election, the most …

Venezuela’s government and opposition double down on positions about arrest of human rights attorney
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Venezuela’s government and opposition double down on positions about arrest of human rights attorney

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government and opposition on Wednesday doubled down on their respective defense and condemnation of the detention of a prominent human rights attorney, evidencing once more their vastly different interpretations of an agreement to work on conditions for a free and fair presidential election this year. But while Attorney General Tarek William Saab showed the nation maps, …

Venezuela orders UN human rights office to close, accusing it of anti-government activity
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Venezuela orders UN human rights office to close, accusing it of anti-government activity

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government on Thursday ordered the local United Nations office on human rights to suspend operations and gave its staff 72 hours to leave, accusing it of assisting coup plotters and terrorist groups. Gil said the local technical advisory office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, authorized in 2019, was supposed “to improve, to optimize,” …

Venezuela orders U.N. office on human rights to close and its staff to leave in 3 days
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Venezuela orders U.N. office on human rights to close and its staff to leave in 3 days

LA Times  

A U.N. and Venezuelan flag hang outside the building that houses the Technical Advisory Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Caracas, Venezuela. Gil said the local technical advisory office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, authorized in 2019, was supposed “to improve, to optimize,” human rights. Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the U.N. Human …

Rights activists hail Venezuela’s departure from UN Human Rights Council
2 years, 3 months ago

Rights activists hail Venezuela’s departure from UN Human Rights Council

CNN  

CNN — Venezuela has lost its seat on the United Nations Council of Human Rights — a development hailed on Tuesday by activists and human rights defenders in Venezuela as cause for celebration. The Council, a 47-member multilateral body, is tasked with promoting human rights and addressing abuses around the world, though it has come under criticism for allowing the …

Venezuela uses crimes against humanity to repress dissent: U.N. probe
2 years, 3 months ago

Venezuela uses crimes against humanity to repress dissent: U.N. probe

The Hindu  

Venezuela's intelligence agencies are committing crimes against humanity as part of a plan orchestrated at the highest level of government to repress dissent, U.N. experts said on Tuesday. "This plan was orchestrated at the highest political level, led by President Nicolas Maduro and supported by other senior authorities," Marta Valinas, chair of the UN's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, …

Venezuela blocks human rights investigators from boarding flight to Caracas; commission member calls it govt’s ‘attempt to hide abuses’
4 years, 11 months ago

Venezuela blocks human rights investigators from boarding flight to Caracas; commission member calls it govt’s ‘attempt to hide abuses’

Firstpost  

An international human rights commission criticised the government of President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday for blocking its members from boarding a plane for Venezuela, where they planned to investigate alleged abuses Caracas: An international human rights commission criticised the government of President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday for blocking its members from boarding a plane for Venezuela, where they planned to …

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