Amnesty International Monitors “Alarming” Reports After Increases in Detentions in the Country - Cocuyo Effect

“States concerned about the crisis in Venezuela have an obligation to demand justice. We remember that crimes against humanity do not prescribe,” said the organization through X Amnesty International demanded the release of all people...

Amnesty International (AI) warned this Friday about an “alarming increase” in the arrests of activists in Venezuela and demanded that the authorities release those who, he said, were arbitrarily detained. “We are monitoring reports of an alarming increase in arrests of people linked to unions, political parties, community organizations and other activism,” said Amnesty International Americas, which is based in Mexico.

Amnesty International reported that it is monitoring “warming” reports of an increase in arrests of people linked to trade unions, political parties, community organizations and other activism in the country. On Friday afternoon, May 23, the organization said, through its social network account X, that the reports received confirm “a policy of persecution of opinion and dissent in the framework of electoral processes.”