Venezuela: This is no way to live

Amnesty International’s research for this report has confirmed that Venezuela is responsible for violations of the right to life and physical integrity of hundreds of victims on two levels. Firstly, the state has failed to guarantee the right to life in a context of violence between private individuals. And secondly, the state has implemented repressive measures, adopting military methods, in responding to crime, that have led to serious human rights violations, in particular extrajudicial executions. In addition, Amnesty International was able to identify how the repressive policies adopted by the Venezuelan authorities have resulted in the social criminalization of poverty.

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