Ambassador Mario Javier Orayzábal denounced in The Hague the siege by police officials of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas where six opponents linked to Vente Venezuela are asylum
The ambassador of Argentina to the Netherlands, Mario Javier Orayzábal, urged this Tuesday, December 3, the International Criminal Court (ICC) to act “with determination” against those responsible for the commission of crimes against humanity in Venezuela and be brought to justice. , while regretting the lack of “significant progress” in the investigation carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office.
Orayzábal, present at the Assembly of States Parties of the Rome Statute held in The Hague, denounced that conditions in Venezuela deteriorated even further after the July 28 elections, since in his opinion, the country cannot be considered as a State of Law, since human and civil rights ” “They are systematically violated and the democratic will of their population is deliberately ignored.”
He also highlighted that arbitrary detentions, inhuman treatment and violations of fundamental rights are evident, which is why he pointed out that “rigorous” and “comprehensive” investigations are needed that can await international justice.
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Regarding the siege of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, Ambassador Orayzábal pointed out that police officials and “unidentified” actors maintain this practice with the six opponents linked to Vente Venezuela, only for having given them asylum because “their lives and integrity are endangered”.
He stated that currently the headquarters of the Embassy is under the protection of Brazil. However, he demanded that the inviolability of the missions be respected and the respective safe-conducts be granted in order to guarantee their safe exit from the country.
In the Saturday night the 23rd November and so far the presence of officials from different security forces has been reported in front of the headquarters of the Argentine Embassy, which has been in Brazilian custody since August 1. There, in addition to the electricity outage, there have been blockages to the telephone signal and evidence of drones flying over the “protected areas of the residence.”
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As soon as the police units appeared, there was a power outage. The service was restored on Sunday night, but was cut again on Monday the 25th.
The opposition has insisted that the necessary safe-conduct passes be issued “as soon as possible” so that Pedro Urruchurtu, Magalli Meda, Claudia Macero, Omar González, Fernando Martínez and Humberto Villalobos, advisors to María Corina Machado and members of the Vente Venezuela party, can leave. from that place.
The new measure against opponents asylum in the Argentine Embassy is registered after a virtual activity on November 23 in which the founder of Vente Venezuela, María Corina Machado, participated, which also blocked YouTube for a few hours.
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