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Attacks on journalists were widespread. Human rights defenders continued to suffer harassment. Prison conditions provoked hunger strikes in facilities across the country.

Venezuela: Globovisión attack must be urgently investigated and journalists protected - 4 August 2009

Amnesty International today expressed grave concern at attacks against staff at Globovisión television station on Monday and called on the Venezuelan authorities to urgently initiate a full and impartial investigation to ensure those responsible are brought to justice.

Venezuela: Proposed law on international cooperation could hinder human rights activists - 24 April 2009

The draft law on international cooperation (Ley de Cooperación Internacional), currently being discussed in the National Assembly, could seriously hamper the

Summit of the Americas fails to address human rights - 20 April 2009

The Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain fails to lay out a clear human rights framework for progress in the areas of human prosperity, energy security and env

Amnesty International puts human rights on Americas Summit agenda - 16 April 2009

An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas.

Call on the Government of Venezuela to protect women’s rights - 24 February 2009

Sign the petition to demand that the Government of Venezuela takes the urgent steps to protect women’s rights

Venezuela: Attacking American Convention on Human Rights jeopardizes everybody's welfare - 15 January 2009

By rejecting a ruling by the Inter American Court of Human Rights and calling on the government to reject the American Convention on Human Rights, the Venezuelan Supre
Venezuela - Amnesty International Venezuela website

Most human rights violations committed by members of the security forces remained unpunished.

Human Rights Defender in Venezuela: José Luis Urbano - 9 December 2008

José Luis Urbano is the president of the Foundation for the Defence of the Right to Education (Asociación Pro-Defensa del Derecho a la Educación