Since November 2024, authorities in Venezuela have increased their attacks against PROVEA, a renowned NGO defending human rights in the country. While a high-ranking government official threatened them directly on a TV show a few weeks prior, the Forensic Criminal Investigations Police (CICPC, in Spanish) has now issued a summons to Oscar Murillo, PROVEA’s general coordinator, to give testimony in a case of an alleged crime under the highly contested ‘anti-hatred law’. We call on authorities to immediately cease all reprisals and threats to PROVEA, its members and other NGOs demanding justice and accountability in Venezuela.
