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UN human rights experts identify 200 extrajudicial killings by Venezuelan police

OnVenezuela — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:05:37 +0000

UN human rights experts condemned Wednesday several “large-scale” human rights violations in Venezuela that “amount to crimes against humanity.” The United Nations Human Rights Council initiated a fact-finding mission in Venezuela on September 27, 2019, to investigate “patterns of violations, directly and indirectly, affecting all human rights.” By Hannah Brem. Full Text -> Jurist

Venezuela. Police and army killed 1,611 people in first half of 2020, NGO says

See Post — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:57:48 +0000

The Venezuelan Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Venezuelan Human Rights Educational Action Program (Provea) on Sunday accused Venezuelan police and military personnel of murdering 1,611 people in the first six months of 2020, that’s an average of nine people per day. Full Text-> GalusAustralis

Venezuela has ‘world’s highest murder rate’

OnVenezuela — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:31:15 +0000

A non-government organisation says many of the murders in the South American country are extrajudicial killings by police. By Lucia Newman. Full text and video-> Aljazeera