The opposition leader María Corina Machado set a position this Wednesday after the publication of the human Rights Watch (HRW) report, which denounces arbitrary arrests, torture, human rights violations and forced disappearances perpetrated by the Venezuelan government.
“The evidence collected by Human Rights Watch indicates that the Venezuelan security forces would be responsible for some murders,” Machado said in an X message, referring to the twenty -four demonstrators and passers -by killed during the post -electoral protests.
He recalled that the report mentions that “more than 2,000 people have been arrested; several detainees have been victims of forced disappearance, which has forced their relatives to look for them in various detention centers and even in morgues.”
“The entire world already qualifies Maduro and its regime as a criminal structure that has committed massive and systematic violations of human rights, which constitute crimes against humanity,” said the leader.
González asks for international support for human rights
Edmundo González, who claims his victory in the presidential elections of July 28, stressed that HRW’s report calls for “instead of abandoning the defense of human rights in Venezuela, the governments of Latin America, Europe and the United States should build on the limited advances achieved so far”.
“The July 2024 elections and what happened later deprived the Venezuelan government of any democratic legitimacy and contributed to promoting a renewed global condemnation about Maduro’s abuses,” González added.
Both leaders agreed on the urgent need for the international community to act with determination to guarantee justice and democracy in Venezuela and urged to read the HRW report, which constitutes a key tool to understand the magnitude of the crisis and responsibilities of the Government of Nicolás Maduro.
The HRW report, entitled Punished for seeking change: murders, forced disappearances and arbitrary arrests after the 2024 elections in Venezuelaoffers an exhaustive analysis based on interviews with victims, family members, witnesses and human rights defenders, in addition to verifying audiovisual material and judicial documents.
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