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When he appeared in court in Venezuela on charges of conspiring against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, John Alvarez told the judge that police officers had applied electric shocks to his genitals, ribs and knees and hit him with a bat to extract "a confession."
When he appeared in court in Venezuela on charges of conspiring against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, John Alvarez told the judge that police officers had applied electric shocks to his genitals, ribs and knees and hit him with a bat to extract "a confession."A UN observer mission accused the Maduro government of "selective repression" against its adversaries, with the police acting as one of its enforcement arms.
Attacks on civic and democratic space in Venezuela are increasing through policies aimed at silencing opposition and criticism of the Government, the head of a UN-appointed human rights body said on Monday.
An International Fact-Finding Mission looked into human rights violations in Venezuela and has presented its fourth report to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Although since 2020, human rights abuses and violations seem to have been reduced, the Mission, presided over by Marta Valiñas, emphasized that these are still going on, just with more selective
Venezuela's government has been intensifying efforts to reduce civic and democratic space, UN experts said Wednesday, voicing alarm at the situation in the run-up to elections next year.