AFP. — The family of Venezuelan migrant Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez is demanding justice and urgent medical attention, including surgery, after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot him in Austin, Texas. Garcés sustained a gunshot wound to his upper back on Sunday in another incident that has drawn attention to the immigration enforcement […]
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The Daily Journal – Venezuela’s delegation to the United Nations in Geneva on Friday highlighted improvements in the country’s human rights situation since the beginning of the year, including the approval of an amnesty law and the release of as many as 8,743 detainees, and called on the UN not to extend the mandate of […]
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The Daily Journal.- Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, met in Caracas with Human Rights Watch (HRW) Deputy Global Director Federico Morelo to discuss human rights, freedom of expression, and democratic coexistence, according to information the Venezuelan government shared on social media. The meeting comes after authorities announced the unblocking of news media websites and as […]
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The Daily Journal. — The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela said Wednesday that, despite a decline in some forms of repression and the release of hundreds of people detained for political reasons, state structures linked to serious human rights violations and crimes against humanity remain essentially intact. In its latest report and […]
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The Daily Journal.- Venezuelan organizations Clima21 and the Venezuelan Program for Education-Action in Human Rights (Provea) called on the government to establish environmental and human rights safeguards as it implements new oil agreements and licenses granted to U.S. companies. In a joint statement, the organizations expressed concern over the lack of public information about the […]
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The Daily Journal.— Dozens of media outlets, human rights organizations, professional associations, journalists and citizens signed a manifesto demanding the immediate and full restoration of freedom of expression in Venezuela, an end to the persecution of media workers and the dismantling of the legal and institutional structures that, according to the signatories, have facilitated censorship. […]
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The Daily Journal. — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and its Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) expressed deep concern over the expansion of illegal gold mining in southern Venezuela. They denounced its severe impact on local communities. The organizations warned that “persistent human trafficking, sexual exploitation, deteriorating health […]
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The Daily Journal. — The nongovernmental organization Provea warned that acting President Delcy Rodríguez’s decision to eliminate police and military checkpoints in urban areas across the country will not suffice to dismantle the corruption, extortion and abuse of authority associated with these control points. Provea said the measure, which authorities presented as a plan to […]
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EFE.- The United States deported Rafael José Quero Silva to Venezuela, a former colonel in the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) accused of participating in the detention and torture of dozens of political opponents during Nicolás Maduro’s government. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Quero Silva in South Florida in February 2025. He served in the […]
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The Daily Journal — Two months after the earthquakes that devastated central Venezuela, a group of relatives of deportees from Flight 164 gathered Monday outside the headquarters of the Vuelta a la Patria Mission in Caracas to demand answers from the government about the fate of their loved ones, who became trapped when the Santuario […]
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