Gina Romero, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association, also asked the international community working for democracy to include concrete calls “to stop the persecution of civil society, now in the form of restrictive legislation.”
Gina Romero, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association, expressed concern about the resumption of the study of the bill against NGOs, announced once again this Monday, August 12, by the President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez.
Through a post in XRomero recalled that months ago he spoke out indicating “its shortcomings and the risks that its adoption generates” and stated that this announcement is “more worrying because of the stigmatizing discourse”, according to which the actions of non-governmental organizations and other organizations are associated “with serving as a ‘front for terrorism’, as well as expressions of social hatred and fascist ideas.”
The UN Special Rapporteur also stressed that the resumption of the draft law is taking place in “a context of post-electoral repression against activists, journalists, lawyers, NGOs… which has created a climate of widespread fear.”
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The President of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, said that this Tuesday, August 13, they will discuss and The bill on the supervision of non-governmental organizations will probably be approved“There are organizations like the Red Cross that serve people, but there are others that are fronts for financing terrorist actions,” he said.
Gina Romero also asked the international community that is working for democracy to include concrete calls “to stop the persecution of civil society, now in the form of restrictive legislation.” She specifically made this request to the president of Chile, Gabriel Boric; the president of Brazil, Lula Da Silva; the president of Mexico, Andrés López Obrador; and the foreign minister of Colombia, Luis Murillo.
On Monday, the Venezuelan Fact-Finding Mission demanded an end to repression and full investigations following the Venezuelan presidential election.
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