Prisoners – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:21:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Prisoners – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Deaths Inside Venezuelan Prisons Doubled During Pandemic https://onvenezuela.com/deaths-inside-venezuelan-prisons-doubled-during-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deaths-inside-venezuelan-prisons-doubled-during-pandemic Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:21:19 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=5527

Between March and August of 2020, 287 prisoners died in prisons and police holding cells, a jump from the 137 during the same time period in 2019, according to data InSight Crime has been collecting on inmate deaths in Venezuela. The data was based on figures from two Venezuela-based non-governmental prisoners’ rights organizations, A Window to Liberty (Una Ventana a la Libertad – UVL) and the Venezuelan Prison Observatory (Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones – OVP). Full Text-> InSightCrime

]]> MASSACRE AT GUANARE DETENTION CENTER IN VENEZUELA MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED https://onvenezuela.com/massacre-at-guanare-detention-center-in-venezuela-must-not-go-unpunished/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=massacre-at-guanare-detention-center-in-venezuela-must-not-go-unpunished Tue, 05 May 2020 12:04:14 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=3029


“This is not the first time we have seen prisoners in Venezuela suffer terrible violations of their right to life. The grotesque images that are now being broadcast around the world should serve as a reminder that all those responsible for this atrocity must be brought to justice. The authorities’ lethal response must be thoroughly investigated and analyzed so that these international crimes do not go unpunished.” Full text -> Amnesty International,

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