Venezuelan Opposition Member Details Harrowing 400-Day Captivity at UN

Venezuelan opposition member details harrowing 400-day captivity at UN

Venezuelan opposition member Pedro Urruchurtu details harsh reality of forced sheltering-in-place for over 400 days as the Maduro regime taunted him and others with dogs, no electricity and more.

Pedro Urruchurtu: Escaped Political Prisoner Angers Maduro Regime at the UN

SHARE: YouTube | Twitter | Instagram Venezuelan activist Pedro Urruchurtu was targeted by Maduro regime. UN Watch gave him the floor of the UN Human Rights Council to expose the details of his persecution in a dramatic testimony, provoking angry interruption by the Venezuelan dictatorship’s representative. Full Speech (English translation): My name is Pedro Urruchurtu, and I speak before you as a Venezuelan who was deprived of his liberty for mo…

Venezuelan opposition member details harrowing 400-day captivity at UN – Your Capital Minds

Pedro Urruchurtu spoke to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday about what he had endured at the hands of Nicolás Maduro’s regime while being forced to shelter in place for over 400 days. Urruchurtu and four other members of Venezuela’s political opposition were freed in May in a successful U.S. rescue mission. He and his colleagues were effectively trapped inside the Argentine Embassy in Caracas — where the opposition members fled t…

Venezuelan opposition member details harrowing 400-day captivity at UN - Daily news Update

Pedro Urruchurtu recounts life in Venezuela Urruchurtu is one of five members of the Venezuelan opposition who took refuge in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas for more than 400 days. He was freed last month. (Credit: UN Web TV) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pedro Urruchurtu spoke to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday about what he had endured at the hands of Nicolás Maduro’s regime while being forced to shelter in p…