U.N. Says Venezuela's Repressive Apparatus Remains Intact After Maduro
- On Wednesday, the Fact-Finding Mission reported that Venezuela's "repressive apparatus" remains largely intact despite President Nicolas Maduro's removal from power earlier this year.
- Maduro's January detention brought a "significant decline in long-term detentions," yet the Fact-Finding Mission noted these changes lack institutional reforms required for sustainable human rights improvements.
- Security forces and pro-government "colectivos" remain active, with at least 19 officials accused of human rights violations continuing to hold their positions despite the transition.
- About 100 relatives of political prisoners marched on the Miraflores palace last Friday demanding releases, as NGOs estimate over 300 remain detained despite recent government amnesty measures.
- The Socialist Party government, which remains in power following Maduro's detention, is set to begin new transition talks with opposition groups this week.
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After January 3, when the U.S. military force captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, the repressive apparatus of the Chavista authoritarian regime has continued to repress and torture political prisoners and dissidents under the command of the president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, says the UN Fact-Finding Mission. The latest published report on the South American country documents 64 new cases of torture of political pri…
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By Anabella González, CNN en Español More than eight months after President Nicolás Maduro's capture in a US military operation in Caracas, Venezuela has shown “limited improvements” in the human rights situation, but the country's repressive apparatus remains “intact,” said the International Independent Determination Mission
The mission states that it documented “patterns of torture and ill-treatment of persons detained for political reasons”.
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