In Venezuela, 187 cases of persecution by the Maduro regime were recorded during the month of January.

In Venezuela, during the month of January, 187 cases of “persecution against press and media workershuman rights defenders, civil society organizations, people linked to politics and against citizenship”, according to a balance sheet of Justice and Peace Center (Cepaz), released this Friday.

According to the organisation’s latest report, the figure is equivalent to “every four hours someone was persecuted or criminalized in Venezuela” during January.

He indicated that out of the total number of calculated cases, 94 were against the general public and most of them have taken place in the context of protests from various social sectors demanding better wages and a better workforce.

“Despite the fact that demonstration, protest and the possibility of free expression are fundamental rights, the government has responded with exemplary sanctions against people who have joined in demanding their rights.“said the NGO.

A total of 66 of the recorded cases resulted in casualties non-governmental organizationsand included”acts of harassment and threatsagainst various NGOs.

According to the organisation's latest report, this figure is equivalent to
According to the organization’s latest report, that figure equates to “every four hours someone was persecuted or criminalized in Venezuela” in January.

Likewise, Cepaz recorded 18 “acts of criminalization against the workers of the press and the means of communicationand nine against people linked to the policy, the latter included four “irregularities” in legal proceedings, three acts of “harassment and threats” and two “irregular searches”.

The NGO describes as “alarming assault“the persecution recorded over the past month, and insisted that it is”specific schemes used by the government of Nicolás Maduro against different categories of subjects to, ultimately, manage to stay in power indefinitely”.

Recently, several civil society organizations have spoken out in writing and communications against a bill aimed at controlling the actions and funding of NGOs, recently approved by Parliament, and which, according to them, “removes the human right to freedom of association and closes the civic space,” in addition to admitting persecution.

The NGO also documented that, through digital accounts of supporters of the Nicolás Maduro regime and people linked to government policy and state security officials, ten acts of harassment and threats were committed. against journalists and the media.

The NGO described the persecution recorded over the past month as a
The NGO described the persecution recorded over the past month as an “alarming attack”, and insisted that they were “specific models used by the government of Nicolás Maduro against different categories of subjects for, ultimately achieve staying in power permanently.” indefinite”.

Other events that have claimed many victims have taken place in the context of social protests led by workers from different sectors demanding better pay conditions. The president of the College of Nurses of Carabobo, Julio García, denounced that officials of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) had surrounded his house in Valencia. The same thing happened with Camilo Torres, vice president of the Bolivar State College of Nursing. Sebin officials besieged his home as he took part in a protest.

(With information from EFE)

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