30th April 2019: another peak in repression Published at 14.05.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups harassment protestor(s) detained attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction violent protest censorship HRD threatened Read more
Sociopolitical crisis triggers attacks against HRDs Published at 23.04.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship non state actors Read more
La crisis política socava las libertades del espacio cívico Published at 01.04.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid harassment attack on journalist non state actors Read more
Political crisis undermines civic space freedoms Published at 19.03.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid harassment censorship attack on journalist excessive force journalist detained protest protestor(s) detained enforced disappearance internet restriction HRD threatened non state actors killing of protestors Read more
Dos miembros del cuerpo de bomberos detenidos por un video satírico Published at 30.10.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained labour rights protest Read more
Two members of the fire department detained over satirical video Published at 26.10.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained labour rights protest Read more
Concerns over freedom of expression heighten as more media outlets are forced to shutdown Published at 07.09.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction harassment censorship journalist detained HRD threatened labour rights protest Read more
Repression of protests killed 15 people in 2018 Published at 07.08.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest youth harassment enforced disappearance attack on journalist negative court ruling killing of protestors excessive force labour rights censorship Read more
Venezuelans facing food shortages encounter danger and excessive force at protests Published at 29.05.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD detained killing of protestors excessive force protest Read more
Economic crisis triggers social protest and freedom of expression constantly undermined Published at 21.03.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest journalist detained Read more
New Year starts with criminalisation of protests and continued repression Published at 24.01.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women release of HRDs positive court ruling travel ban protest disruption killing of protestors excessive force torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society: new law restricts freedoms of association and expression Published at 30.11.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment restrictive law attack on journalist public vilification Read more
Freedom of expression violations reported during regional elections Published at 01.11.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption journalist detained political interference attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Concerns rise over freedom of expression in light of media shutdown Published at 27.09.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist office raid Read more
Censorship continues: 49 radio stations removed from air thus far in 2017 Published at 01.09.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist negative court ruling protest Read more
UN interviews find widespread use of excessive force by security forces to quell protests Published at 23.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship intimidation harassment excessive force protest sexual assault killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Crisis escalates in Venezuela as human rights violations increase Published at 04.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Despite the severe crackdown, protests endure, marking 100 days on the streets Published at 11.07.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment killing of protestors attack on journalist censorship excessive force protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Undaunted by severe state suppression of peaceful assembly, Venezuelans protest Published at 09.06.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protest disruption office raid censorship women intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Repression and criminalisation of protests continue in Venezuela Published at 19.05.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation excessive force harassment public vilification attack on journalist protest disruption internet restriction killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
At least five dead, dozens wounded and hundreds arrested in new wave of protests Published at 24.04.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest non state actors Read more
