A satirical video clip of a donkey posing as Nicolas Maduro being led through a fire station in Mérida has caused some resurrection in Venezuela. In the video the narrator indicates that the donkey is...
Human rights lawyers Orlando Gonzalez and Oscar Rios of Foro Penal, detained on May 16 by FAES, special forces of the National Police, where released Thursday, 16 May, after 24 hours in detention in T...
Civil Rights Defenders calls for the immediate release of Venezuelan human rights lawyers Orlando Gonzalez and Oscar Rios of Foro Penal, detained yesterday, 16 May. As reported by Rachel Sanchez, work...
Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Genesis Dávila, Director and Founder of Defiende Venezuela What does your organisation do? We promote and defend human rights in Venezuela by raising ...
Last night, the Venezuelan youth human rights organisation Un Mundo Sin Mordaza (a world without gags), was publicly threatened by one of the most powerful men in Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello. During h...
Civil Rights Defenders has received information from our Venezuelan partner Foro Penal, that Julio Rivas, one of the leading human rights defenders in the state of Carabobo, is currently receiving ser...
Venezuela is leaving democracy behind in the run-up to the elections of the National Assembly on December 6. That is the conclusion in a report by Civil Rights Defenders about the rapidly deterioratin...