United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:56:46 +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 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuela: attacks on civic and democratic space have intensified https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-attacks-on-civic-and-democratic-space-have-intensified/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-attacks-on-civic-and-democratic-space-have-intensified Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:56:41 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=16642

Attacks on civic and democratic space in Venezuela are intensifying through State policies aimed at silencing opposition and criticism of President Nicolás Maduro’s Government, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela said in its latest report today. Full Text -> OHCHR

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UN human rights investigating the “La Vega massacre” in Caracas by Maduro police forces https://onvenezuela.com/un-human-rights-investigating-the-la-vega-massacre-in-caracas-by-maduro-police-forces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=un-human-rights-investigating-the-la-vega-massacre-in-caracas-by-maduro-police-forces Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:29:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=8111

United Nations human rights are looking into allegations that Venezuelan police forces from president Nicolas Maduro’s regime had killed 200 people this year and investigators raised concerns about possible summary executions in a neighborhood of Caracas. U.N. investigators said that authorities have failed to release death certificates, charged fees for autopsies, and delivered bodies in a closed casket “with the instruction that it not be opened”. Full Text -> MercoPress

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5m have fled Venezuela as abuses continue: UN https://onvenezuela.com/5m-have-fled-venezuela-as-abuses-continue-un/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5m-have-fled-venezuela-as-abuses-continue-un Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:28:43 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=1986

Some 4.9 million people have left Venezuela, wracked by years of economic and political crisis, the UN rights chief said Tuesday, decrying ongoing attacks on opposition politicians, protesters and journalists. By AFP. Full text-> Newage

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UN: Attacks in Venezuela Spike Against Government’s Political Opponents https://onvenezuela.com/un-attacks-in-venezuela-spike-against-governments-political-opponents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=un-attacks-in-venezuela-spike-against-governments-political-opponents Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:51:59 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=1966

Bachelet said the human rights situation in Venezuela has worsened since she last reported on conditions in that country in December. She said opponents of the Maduro government are in a particularly difficult and dangerous situation. By Lisa Schlein. Full text-> VOA

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Guaido denounces the “forced disappearance” of his uncle after landing with him in Caracas https://onvenezuela.com/guaido-denounces-the-forced-disappearance-of-his-uncle-after-landing-with-him-in-caracas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guaido-denounces-the-forced-disappearance-of-his-uncle-after-landing-with-him-in-caracas Thu, 13 Feb 2020 05:49:59 +0000 http://onvenezuela.com/?p=1310

The team of the president in charge of Venezuela Juan Guaido has communicated to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) the “forced disappearance” of Guaidos uncle, Juan Jose Marquez. Full text-> Web24News

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