

Venezuela: calculated repression could constitute persecution
The policy of repression in Venezuela has been based on the coordination of attacks and stigmatizing messages broadcast by media with...
Amnesty International
Feb 15, 2022


Genocide Watch Report: Countries of Special Concern January-June 2021
By Eric Ross, Nat Hill, and Jessa Mellea Genocide Watch exists to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide and other forms of mass...
Genocide Watch
Aug 4, 2021


Venezuela: ICC Prosecutor must include new mass extrajudicial executions in preliminary examination
In a new open-source investigation, Venezuela: Impunity in the face of lethal policy of social control, that collected evidence verified...
Amnesty International
Feb 18, 2021


Colombia Makes ‘Historic’ Decision to Grant Legal Status to 1.7 Million Venezuelan Migrants
President Iván Duque announced Monday that the Venezuelan migrants who fled an economic collapse at home can legally stay in Colombia for...
New York Times 1
Feb 9, 2021


Women Fleeing Venezuela Are Targeted With Sexual Assault As They Cross Into Colombia
Editor's note: This story includes details some readers may find disturbing. At a shelter for Venezuelan migrants in the Colombian border...
NPR 1
Jan 30, 2021


Venezuela security operations leave over 1,300 dead in five months, U.N. rights office says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan security operations killed at least 1,324 people in the first five months of 2020, the Office of the...
Genocide Watch
Jul 3, 2020


Venezuela is committing crimes against humanity
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro clenches his fist after he was sworn in, in Caracas, on March 8, 2013. Genocide Watch Alert:...
Genocide Watch
Jun 20, 2020


A Knock, Then Gone: Venezuela Secretly Detains Hundreds to Silence Critics
“Forced disappearances” are playing a critical role in the Venezuelan government’s efforts to muzzle opponents and instill fear,...
New York Times 1
Jun 19, 2020