“Las investigaciones de la Misión muestran que los actos de violencia documentados no fueron realizados al azar por individuos desconectados, que actuaron solos dentro del Sebin y la Dgcim. Por el contrario, el Sebin y la Dgcim fueron parte de una maquinaria diseñada y desplegada para ejecutar el plan del gobierno para reprimir la disidencia y cimentar su propio control del poder. Este plan fue orquestado al más alto nivel político, encabezado por el presidente Nicolás Maduro y apoyado por otras altas autoridades”, declaró Martha Valiñas, presidenta de la Misión de Investigación de la ONU en la presentación del informe este 20 de septiembre. Texto Completo -> RunRunes

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En Venezuela se violan derechos humanos, y la tortura se ha convertido en un patrón de conducta de los cuerpos de seguridad del Estado controlados por el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro, como el Sebin, la Dgcim y las FAES. En el marco del Día Mundial de los Derechos Humanos, TalCual estrena su primera serie documental: La república que tortura. Texto y video -> TalCual

Courtesy translation-> Human rights are violated, and torture has become a pattern of conduct by state security bodies controlled by the government of Nicolás Maduro, such as Sebin, Dgcim and FAES. As part of World Human Rights Day, TalCual premieres its first documentary series: The Republic that Tortures.

Venezuelan security forces carried out fewer extra-judicial killings in the 12 months through April, a U.N. report said Monday, but it accuses them of a continued pattern of torture or cruel treatment of individuals as well as enforced disappearances and incommunicado detentions.  Full Text -> VOA

Former Chile’s two-time President and current UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet have signed the document which states that “The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights continued to receive credible reports of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Full Text -> MercoPress

Marrón said the interrogation started in a basement holding cell. Agents demanded he confess to operating a website that published the black-market exchange rate of Venezuela’s erratic bolivar for U.S. dollars, something the socialist government considered a crime. When he denied it, Marrón said, the torture — beatings and asphyxiation — began. There followed two days of intense abuse, the start of nearly two years in the Venezuelan jail, Marrón said. He was charged with financial crimes but never tried; ultimately, he was freed for reasons unclear. By Scott Smith. Full Text -> USNews