Machado respalda informe de oficina de DDHH-ONU: “Expone cómo el régimen ha institucionalizado el terror”
La líder opositora venezolana y Nobel de la Paz María Corina Machado, dijo que el alto comisionado de la ONU para los derechos humanos, Volker Türk, expuso este martes ante el mundo «la magnitud de la barbarie que ocurre» en el país. EFE Türk, en una actualización oral sobre la situación en Venezuela, denunció que […]
TL;DR
- UN High Commissioner Volker Türk reported no improvement in Venezuela's human rights situation, citing ongoing restrictions on expression and assembly, arbitrary detentions, and forced disappearances.
- María Corina Machado stated that Türk's report exposed the regime's institutionalized terror, including killings in prisons, forced recruitment, and neighbor denouncements.
- Türk's office documented at least five deaths of individuals detained in relation to last year's presidential elections.
- Journalists, human rights defenders, opposition figures, and aid workers face threats, harassment, and arbitrary detention, forcing many to flee the country.
- Reprisals against relatives of dissenters have intensified, with at least 17 detentions and 12 people missing since July.
- Türk expressed concern that U.S. military pressure could worsen the situation and noted reports of forced enlistment in the Bolivarian Militia.
- Opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia supported the report, stating human rights violations persist and have intensified.
- The Venezuelan government called the report fallacious and accused Türk of undermining the multilateral body's credibility.