How Maduro Is Using COVID-19 to Silence His Opponents Even Further
See Americas Quarterly original publication Photo: Carlos Becerra/Getty Images The spread of the coronavirus in Venezuela – where health experts are now bracing for exponential growth in the country’s caseload – has had a dangerous side effect: an escalation in government repression. At the Center for Justice and Peace (CEPAZ), a Venezuela-based human rights NGO, we have documented […]
Political persecution worsens in times of pandemic
Translation: Hearts on Venezuela Original translation here Since 2014 el Centro de Justicia y de Paz (Cepaz) has been consistent in documenting and denouncing the political persecution in Venezuela (See reports: “Political persecution in Venezuela. Systematization of patterns of persecution against Venezuelan political dissents”; “Political Persecution in Venezuela (Differentiated identification of patterns of persecution in dissident […]
Political Persecution in Venezuela
This is the translated text of the speech given by Beatriz Borges, Executive Director of the Venezuelan human rights organization Cepaz, at the hearings before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Political Persecution in Venezuela. Good morning, commissioners, my name is Beatriz Borges, Executive Director of Cepaz and, along with my companions Laura […]
