Tag: human rights situation

• Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Bachelet urged Maduro to release prisoners and facilitate access to Justice

  

  U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged Venezuela’s government to release prisoners who were arrested for peacefully protesting, and confirmed that a delegation would remain in the country to monitor the human rights situation.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bachelet in Venezuela to check human rights situation; Maduro releases 21 political prisoners and applauds the visit

  

  The United Nations' top human rights official arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday for a visit that comes amid heightened international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly silencing opponents with jail, torture and excessive violence.