Venezuela: Enforced disappearances amount to crimes against humanity

By Amnesty International

The Venezuelan authorities have committed, and continue to commit, enforced disappearances as part of their policy of repression of dissidents and those they perceive as such, Amnesty International said in its report Detentions without a trace: The crime of enforced disappearance in Venezuela, which analyses the situation of 15 individuals forcibly disappeared between the presidential […] The post Venezuela: Enforced disappearances amount to crimes against humanity appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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