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Venezuela’s New NGO Law and U.S. Funding Freeze Are a Death Blow to the Country’s Civil Society
Venezuela enacted a regressive law tightening state control over non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Popularly referred to ...
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Rights groups call for release of Venezuela human rights defenders
At the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and several other rights groups called for the release of imprisoned rights defenders in Venezuela, noting ...
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NGO warns Essequibo question might end up in war between Venezuela and Guyana
The Essequibo is a disputed territory of 159,500 km2 (61,600 sq mi) west of the Essequibo River administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela. The controversy stems from colonial ...
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Extrajudicial killings, torture: What's in the U.S. State Department's human rights report on Venezuela
"We once again see human rights and the rule of law under stress in more ... "There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Venezuela during the year." Among the most pressing ...
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Venezuela second on world murder ranking with 28,479 yearly killings, says NGO
The Venezuelan Observatory on Violence (OVV) NGO announced that 28,479 killings ... homicides and other violent crimes have increased in Venezuela throughout 2016 and the OVV partly blames that ...