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Amnesty International (AI) held the Government responsible for the Venezuela for cases of forced disappearance and torture, practices especially applied against opponents, according to the organization’s annual report presented this Tuesday.
“Forced disappearance and torture, among other human rights violations” are part of “policy of repression exercised by the Government”, says the text, which cites reports from several non-governmental organizations about alleged abuses by authorities against citizens.
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AI explained that these victims appear before a court, they are “accused of criminal conspiracy and other terrorism-related charges” and soon “transferred to a military or police center“where they remain”months, or even years, awaiting trial”.
During the observation period, the beginning and deadline of which are not explained in the report, “The authorities’ repressive tactics persisted, such as using the judicial system to silence dissent and criminalizing those who defended human rights.”, highlighted the organization, which does not provide its own figures on these cases.
In AI’s opinion, in the South American country there is a “policy of repression applied by the Government“, whereby “those who criticized“for the Executive”They were subjected to arbitrary detention, forced disappearances and torture, with the acquiescence of the judicial system”.
According to the document “Those who belonged to – or were perceived to belong to – the political opposition were continually attacked and were at risk of arbitrary detention, torture and other human rights violations.”.
In mid-March, Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek William Saabrejected the indiscriminate use of the concept “forced disappearance”when there is the arrest of opponents or activists accused of crimes, cases in which – he assured – the State acts in accordance with the law.
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The report also includes assessments on “lack of access to economic and social rights”of citizens and how this motivated protests to which security forces“responded with illegitimate force and other repressive measures”.
What is more, Amnesty International He said conditions in prisons and detention centers “continued to worsen, especially overcrowding and insufficient food and water supplies”.
“The prison population depended on their families to provide them with the basic resources to survive. Prolonged detentions in police stations and other illegal detention centers continued“added the report, without more specific data on the subject.
Source: Elcomercio
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