Growing international isolation for Venezuela (Aug. 9, 2017)
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U.N. human rights office denounced “widespread and systematic use of excessive force” against demonstrators in Venezuela, yesterday. Separately, a dozen countries from the region agreed not to recognize the country's new Constituent Assembly. "Witness accounts suggest that security forces, mainly the national guard, the national police and local police forces, have systematically used disproportionate force to instill fear, crush dissent and to prevent demonstrators from assembling, rallying and reaching public institutions to present petitions," the U.N. rights office said in a report released yesterday based on an investigation conducted in June and July, reports
Growing international isolation for Venezuela (Aug. 9, 2017)
Growing international isolation for Venezuela…
Growing international isolation for Venezuela (Aug. 9, 2017)
U.N. human rights office denounced “widespread and systematic use of excessive force” against demonstrators in Venezuela, yesterday. Separately, a dozen countries from the region agreed not to recognize the country's new Constituent Assembly. "Witness accounts suggest that security forces, mainly the national guard, the national police and local police forces, have systematically used disproportionate force to instill fear, crush dissent and to prevent demonstrators from assembling, rallying and reaching public institutions to present petitions," the U.N. rights office said in a report released yesterday based on an investigation conducted in June and July, reports