Venezuela: Brutal Crackdown Since Elections

By Human Rights Watch

Bolivarian National Guard detain demonstrators as people gather to protest presidential election results that awarded Nicolás Maduro a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 30, 2024. © 2024 REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria Venezuelan authorities and pro-government armed groups have committed widespread abuses since the July 28, 2024 presidential elections that officials said Nicolás Maduro had won, despite substantial evidence to the contrary.The Venezuelan government has killed, tortured, detained, and forcefully disappeared people seeking democratic change and many others have fled the…

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