Provea, in an analysis of the decade of President Nicolás Maduro in power, assures that more than nine thousand people died from extrajudicial executions. In this balance of the management of the Venezuelan president from 2013 to date, they register massive violations of personal integrity; arbitrary arrests and victims of torture
The Venezuelan Human Rights Action Education Program (provide) denounced this Saturday April 15 on his social networks that, since the arrival of President Nicolás Maduro to power in 2013 and to date, some 9,465 people have died from extrajudicial executions. In the opinion of the NGO, this decade with the current chief executive at the helm of the country, can be described as a “catastrophe” and “dark for human rights.”
In just ten years, Maduro became a catastrophe for human rights.
Police and military – from the PNB and the GNB – murdered hundreds of people, emboldened by the “strong hand” speech that gave rise to the drip massacre https://t.co/y70eELQPG8 pic.twitter.com/tQocgI2vLz
— PROVE (@_Provea) April 15, 2023
In a series of messages posted on his social networksProvea affirmed that the “abusive” practices of the State security forces, “encouraged by the official narrative and structural impunity, crossed a border that, until a few years ago, seemed unthinkable, and, currently, could constitute crimes against humanity”.
For this reason, he indicated that in 10 years of Maduro’s management there have been 40,351 violations of the right to personal integrity; more than 250 workers and union leaders who have been arrested and/or prosecuted; as well as registering 1,599 people who were victims of torture by the police, the military and “paramilitary groups”.
*Read also: 10 years of Maduro in power: protests, repression and crisis
The NGO assures that Maduro “contributed to turning the justice system into a machine to perpetuate impunity.” In addition, he recalled that in 2014 he was summoned to punish and prevent the crime of torture from being committed in Venezuela, something that has not happened after stressing that the figures in this regard grow “and the victims suffer from it.
In 2014 the Committee against the Torture of @ONU_esurged the Maduro government to sanction and prevent the serious crime of torture in Venezuela.
After ten years of government -with Nicolás Maduro at the helm-, the numbers grow and the victims suffer pic.twitter.com/gCZCm4It95
— PROVE (@_Provea) April 15, 2023
It also counted 53,057 victims of arbitrary arrests for political reasons; actions carried out by police and military officials; as well as more than 246,778 complaints regarding the crisis in the country’s public health system.
During the administration of Nicolás Maduro, the general collapse of the public health service worsened.
Between 2013 and 2023, citizen complaints, linked to deficient services, have not stopped growing pic.twitter.com/v3WIcqNSXl
— PROVE (@_Provea) April 15, 2023
President Nicolás Maduro celebrated 10 years of being elected president of Venezuela on Friday, April 15, a decade marked by questions about his legitimacy, allegations of human rights violations, and a recent recovery of the economy after years of crisis.
The president won the elections in 2013 with a difference of less than 1% in the votes, a result that opened the door to the first crisis of legitimacy, since the opposition did not accept his proclamation as president.
*Read also: Cofavic reports 708 attacks on human rights defenders between January 2022 and 2023
Maduro managed to be re-elected in May 2018, in the presidential elections with the lowest participation, practically without opposition and with wide international questioning.
In 2021, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, announced the opening of an investigation for alleged crimes against humanity in Venezuela, a process that is on hold.
With additional information from EFE
Post Views: 383
