Why Maduro is relying on Courts to silence dissent more than ever before

The UNHRC argues the lack of judicial independence explains why judges and prosecutors are unable or unwilling to curtail a variety of rights abuses. These include forced disappearances by security forces to gender-based violence and extrajudicial killings of indigenous leaders in the Arco Minero del Orinoco region, where organized crime groups battle for control of the lucrative illegal gold-mining trade.  By Will Freeman. Full Text -> The Global Americans

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