UN Right Expert – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:24:56 +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 UN Right Expert – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Stop criminalizing civil society, UN rights experts urge Venezuelan authorities https://onvenezuela.com/stop-criminalizing-civil-society-un-rights-experts-urge-venezuelan-authorities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stop-criminalizing-civil-society-un-rights-experts-urge-venezuelan-authorities Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:24:47 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=7659

“The arrests and criminal charges are part of a pattern of increasing criminalization of civil society organizations in Venezuela, which already operate under a repressive set of laws and regulations including the 2017 ‘Law Against Hate’ that restricts the exercise of their right to freedom of peaceful assembly, association and expression, among others”, the experts said.  Full Text -> UNNews

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