More Than 350 Protesters Detained In Venezuela This Week – UN

More than 350 people in Venezuela have been arrested this week during demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro’s government, the UN rights chief said Friday, … Continue reading More Than 350 Protesters Detained In Venezuela This Week – UN

By Ignatius Igwe

Updated January 25, 2019

People listen to Venezuela’s National Assembly head Juan Guaido (out of frame) during a mass opposition rally against leader Nicolas Maduro in which he declared himself the country’s “acting president”, on the anniversary of a 1958 uprising that overthrew a military dictatorship, in Caracas on January 23, 2019. “I swear to formally assume the national executive powers as acting president of Venezuela to end the usurpation, (install) a transitional government and hold free elections,” said Guaido as thousands of supporters cheered. Moments earlier, the loyalist-dominated Supreme Court ordered a criminal investigation of the opposition-controlled legislature. Federico PARRA / AFP

People listen to Venezuela’s National Assembly head Juan Guaido (out of frame) during a mass opposition rally against leader Nicolas Maduro. Federico PARRA / AFP

More than 350 people in Venezuela have been arrested this week during demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro’s government, the UN rights chief said Friday, calling for “immediate talks” to ease tensions.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said her office had “reports of large-scale detention of demonstrators — well over 350 in total (this week), including 320 on 23 January alone”.

AFP