Annual Report 2012
The state of the world's human rights

Venezuela

Human Rights in BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA

Amnesty International
Report 2011

The 2011 Annual Report on
Venezuela is now live »

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Venezuela: Amnesty International welcomes the commitment to ...
19 March 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 53/002/2012. 19 March 2012. Venezuela: Amnesty International welcomes the commitment ...

Public Statement       AMR 53/002/2012

Freedom of Expression under attack in Venezuela
20 October 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 20 October 2011. Index: AMR 53/009/2011. Freedom of Expression under attack in Venezuela. A ...

Public Statement       AMR 53/009/2011

Venezuela: Human rights guarantees must be respected: a summary of ...
13 July 2011

This information was submitted to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on 21 March 2011 for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of ...

Report       AMR 53/007/2011

Venezuelan activist received death threats: Humberto Prado ...
27 June 2011

The safety of Venezuelan human rights defender Humberto Prado Sifontes, director of the Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones) ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/006/2011

Deadly clashes highlight need for urgent prison reform in ...
22 June 2011

A deadly riot in a Venezuelan prison should spark urgent reforms in a prison system with chronic problems.

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Police role suspected in continued attacks on Venezuelan family ...
1 June 2011

Impunity abounds in Aragua, Venezuela, as local police officers are suspected of killing seven members of one family.

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Venezuela: Father and daughter beaten by police: Daniel Antonio ...
9 February 2011

Daniel Antonio Núñez and his daughter Francis Daniela Núñez Martínez were beaten and threatened by police officers in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, on 30 January ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/005/2011

Venezuela: Venezuelan woman and daughters threatened: Saraí ...
8 February 2011

The ex-wife and young daughters of a police officer who has been speaking out about corruption received death threats on 3 February.

Urgent Action       AMR 53/004/2011

Venezuela: Amnesty International welcomes the granting of house ...
4 February 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 4 February 2011. AI Index: AMR 53/003/2011. Venezuela: Amnesty International welcomes the granting ...

Public Statement       AMR 53/003/2011