Publication Mar 1, 2018 Can Venezuela Be Saved? There’s a page in a book in a stack on the floor at the house of Leopoldo López that I think about sometimes. It’s a page that López revisits often;…
Publication Feb 8, 2018 ICC to open preliminary probes in Philippines, Venezuela Feb 8, 2018 (The Washington Post) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Thursday that she is opening preliminary probes into alleged crimes by police and security forces in the Philippines…
Press Release Feb 2, 2018 Venezuelan Political Police Arrests 85-Year-Old Intellectual NEW YORK (February 2, 2018) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the violent raid and arbitrary arrest of Venezuelan historian Enrique Aristeguieta Gramcko and calls on the Venezuelan dictatorship to release him immediately. Mr. Aristeguieta is an 85-year-old Venezuelan attorney
Media Feb 1, 2018 Venezuelans Are So Hungry ‘They Have to Loot to Eat’ (Time) – In the first half of January, there were at least 110 incidents of looting, more than five times than in the same period a year earlier, says the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict…
Media Jan 26, 2018 Maduro’s Court Excludes Opposition From Presidential Vote (News24) – Venezuela’s top court on Thursday delayed the process to re-enrol political parties by six months – a move that will exclude the main opposition coalition from the upcoming…
Press Release Jan 17, 2018 Venezuela: HRF condena ejecución extrajudicial de Oscar Pérez Nueva York (17 de enero de 2018) – Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condena el operativo destinado a ejecutar extrajudicialmente a Oscar Pérez, un exinspector de policía que se rebeló y levantó en armas en contra del régimen de Nicolás Maduro…
Press Release Jan 16, 2018 Venezuelan Government Executes Oscar Perez NEW YORK (January 16, 2018) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the extrajudicial killing of anti-regime uprising leader Oscar Perez by Venezuelan security forces. In the early hours of…
News Jan 10, 2017 HRF Pres. writes on Venezuelan corruption in New York Post Venezuela is no longer a country with a government, institutions and a civil society. It’s a geographic area terrorized by a criminal enterprise that pretends to govern, with a civil society made up of two sets of people: accomplices and victims.
News Jan 8, 2018 U.S. Sanctions Four More Venezuela Officials (The New York Times) – The U.S. government imposed sanctions Friday on four Venezuelan officials, accusing them of engaging in political repression and public corruption as part of President Nicolás Maduro’s government.
News Jan 5, 2018 Venezuelan criminals are using food to recruit children into gangs (Miami Herald) – Venezuelan gangs are no longer recruiting youths in some poor areas by offering them easy money to buy clothes or the latest cell phones. Instead, they are offering food baskets.
News Dec 15, 2017 Venezuela’s opposition wins EU’s prestigious human rights prize Venezuela’s opposition has won the EU’s prestigious Sakharov prize for freedom of thought and urged the world to keep a close eye on a forthcoming presidential election, where it aspires to end two decades of authoritarian rule.
News Nov 17, 2017 Venezuela opposition leader Ledezma flees to Colombia To learn more about human rights violations under Maduro’s authoritarian rule, watch HRF’s Oslo Freedom Forum talk by Antonietta Ledezma, daughter of Antonio Ledezma.
News Nov 14, 2017 Gobierno de Venezuela anuncia que controlará las redes sociales con gran severidad El Nuevo Herald (CARACAS) — El gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro anunció el lunes que el organismo regulador del sector de telecomunicaciones controlará las redes sociales con una severidad semejante a la que ha mostrado desde hace casi dos décadas con las estaciones de radio y televisión del país.
News Nov 9, 2017 Venezuela Constituent Assembly Cracks Down On Media (NPR) – The Assembly, created by Maduro in July and mainly composed of his supporters, bans any message transmitted through radio, television or social media that instigates hate …
Press Release Oct 30, 2017 HRF to Spain and U.S.: Bring Venezuelan Dictatorship Cronies to Justice The four individuals were detained last Thursday in Madrid, Spain’s capital, during a joint operation carried out by the Civil Guard and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI).
News Oct 26, 2017 Parliament awards Sakharov Prize 2017 to Democratic Opposition in Venezuela “The Prize is for all Venezuelans in the world,” said Parliament President Antonio Tajani while awarding the prize. The President noted that the human rights situation in Venezuela was deteriorating and called for a “return to free elections with the participation of all so that the Venezuelan people can decide their future”.
Press Release Aug 18, 2017 Venezuelan Regime Takes Over Legislative Powers of Elected Representatives The Constituent Assembly’s new “constitutional” decree, issued on August 18, lets the body assume legislative powers to “preserve the peace and institutions within the country,” effectively dissolving the National Assembly.
Press Release Aug 15, 2017 HRF to the Venezuelan Regime: Freedom for Lisbeth “Mamá Lis” Añez Añez, who has been wrongfully accused of “treason” and “military rebellion,” will appear before a military court tomorrow, August 15, for a preliminary hearing.
Press Release Aug 11, 2017 HRF al régimen de Venezuela: Libertad plena para Lisbeth “Mamá Lis” Añez Añez lleva tres meses detenida arbitrariamente en la sede del Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia (SEBIN) en el Helicoide.
Press Release Aug 1, 2017 HRF Condemns the Arrests of Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Both leaders were previously under house arrest; López was returned home on July 8.
