The UN High Commissioner calls on the Maduro government to release people arbitrarily detained in Venezuela.
By Efecto Cucuyo
HAVANA TIMES – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has called on the government of Nicolas Maduro to release all those who have been arbitrarily detained in Venezuela in the context of the post-electoral protests.
“The High Commissioner calls on the authorities to immediately release all those arbitrarily detained and to end this practice,” said Turk, adding that “everyone has the right to protest peacefully and to express their opinions freely and without fear,” said Türk’s spokesperson, Liz Throssell.
She noted that both the UN and the High Commissioner “have closely followed and continue to follow” the events in Venezuela.
Throssell said the High Commissioner has expressed concern over the numerous cases of arbitrary detention since the end of July of peaceful protesters, including children and adolescents, as well as journalists, members of political parties, human rights defenders, and other voices considered dissidents.
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