UN Human Rights Chief urges Venezuela to release arbitrarily detained protestors and politicians -- DisplayNews
Venezuela: UN Human Rights Chief Zeid expresses serious concern at
the continued detention of Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López,
as well as more than 69 other people who were arrested in the context of
public protests that took place across Venezuela over several months
starting in February this year: http://sm.ohchr.org/1nwXv76
“I call on the Venezuelan authorities to act and immediately release Mr
López and Mr Ceballos, as well as all those detained for exercising their legitimate right to express themselves and protest peacefully,” says Zeid.
Over 3,300 people, including minors, were detained for brief periods
between February and June, and more than 150 cases of ill-treatment,
many of them torture, were reported. At least 43 people were killed
during the protests, including one public prosecutor and nine members of
the security forces.
