Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Venezuela Mistreating Jailed American, Attorney Says

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Venezuelan prison guards forced a jailed Utah man to strip naked in a hallway and perform exercises, his lawyer said Tuesday. Attorney Jeanette Prieto said that forcing Joshua Holt to strip and perform exercises in a hallway violated international agreements on the treatment of prisoners. She added that the prison guards had violated Holt’s Mormon faith by forcing him to remove his undergarments, which are similar to holy vestments worn in other religious faiths, such as a Catholic...

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