Venezuela committed a crime against humanity with its persecution of dissidents after July’s election, according to a new United Nations report.
The refusal of the government-controlled electoral authority to publish proof of Maduro’s win on July 28 sparked nationwide demonstrations, which in turn triggered a crackdown by security forces resulting in 25 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The UN’s Independent Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela report describes arbitrary detentions, torture, and sexual violence, as well as other crimes which together constitute the crime against humanity of political persecution.
The report described the government’s crackdown as a new milestone in the deterioration of the rule of law in Venezuela.
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