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Human Rights in BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA

Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Venezuela: The Venezuelan State must respect fundamental rights of ...
29 January 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 53/003/2010. 29 January 2010. The Venezuelan State must respect fundamental rights ...

PressItem       AMR 53/003/2010

Venezuela: Further information: Venezuelan farmer able to see ...
26 January 2010

Farmer Franklin Brito Rodríguez has now been returned to his bed on a regular ward of the military hospital in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, where he is being ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/002/2010

Venezuela: Hunger striking farmer is missing in Venezuela ...
15 January 2010

Franklin Brito Rodríguez, a farmer, went missing from a military hospital in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on 9 January 2010. Staff at the hospital, where he ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/001/2010

Venezuela: Government official held in Venezuela
23 December 2009

Richard Blanco, a male local government official from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is being detained in a prison in Caracas without any evidence of him having ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/009/2009

Venezuela: Fears for family and colleagues after killing
16 December 2009

Human rights defender Mijail Martínez was shot dead on 26 November in Venezuela. He was working on a documentary film that featured the stories of people who have ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/008/2009

Venezuela: Family at risk after killing
15 December 2009

The lives of Oscar Barrios' family are in danger. He and his family have been subjected to a campaign of intimidation from police officers in northern Venezuela ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/007/2009

Venezuela: End impunity through universal jurisdiction (No Safe ...
10 December 2009

This paper examines the various shortcomings of the Venezuelan legal system in regards to universal jurisdiction. Areas covered include universal criminal jurisdiction ...

Report       AMR 53/006/2009

Venezuela: Political will and resources still needed to end ...
17 July 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 53/005/2009 (Public). 17 July 2009. Venezuela: Political will and resources still ...

Document       AMR 53/005/2009

Amnesty International | Venezuela: Proposed law on international ...
24 April 2009

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

Press Release      

Venezuela: Open police station doors to women: Support women ...
5 February 2009

Description: In Venezuela each year thousands of women are raped, beaten and verbally abused at the hands of their partners or former partners. For various reasons ...

Document       AMR 53/002/2009