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VENEZUELA: Attacks on human rights defenders surge by 157% during Covid-19 Geneva-Paris-Caracas, February 2, 2021 - The escalation of attacks, harassment, and criminalisation against human rights defenders in Venezuela has accelerated during the pandemic with more than 338 attacks in the first 10 months of 2020, according to a report published today by COFAVIC , the Observatory (OMCT and FIDH) and the Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese of Caracas. The crisis surrounding the right to defend human rights in Venezuela has deepened against the backdrop of Covid-19, with a clear erosion of safeguards for the work of human rights defenders and social organisations, and a further shrinking of civic space in the country. ....
UNAIDS UNAIDS is deeply troubled and concerned about the detention by military police of the Venezuelan citizens and humanitarian workers Johán León Reyes, Yordy Bermúdez, Layners Gutiérrez Díaz, Alejandro Gómez Di Maggio and Luis Ferrebuz, who are members of the nongovernmental organization Azul Positivo. The five have been held since 12 January 2021. “I call on the Venezuelan authorities to release from police custody the five humanitarians working for the nongovernmental organization Azul Positivo, and to return essential equipment seized at the time of their arrest,” said Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director. “A strong and empowered civil society plays a central role in providing much-needed services to the most vulnerable people and is critical to making progress against the HIV pandemic and other health threats in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.” ....
unaids.org UNAIDS Banners calling for the release of the five humanitarian workers from the nongovernmental organization Azul Positivo have been posted on Twitter. Press statement UNAIDS calls for the release of five humanitarian workers detained in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 29 January 202129 January 2021 GENEVA, 29 January 2021 UNAIDS is deeply troubled and concerned about the detent GENEVA, 29 January 2021 UNAIDS is deeply troubled and concerned about the detention by military police of the Venezuelan citizens and humanitarian workers Johán León Reyes, Yordy Bermúdez, Layners Gutiérrez Díaz, Alejandro Gómez Di Maggio and Luis Ferrebuz, who are members of the nongovernmental organization Azul Positivo. The five have been held since 12 January 2021. ....
Humanitarian NGO staff are prisoners of conscience On 12 January, Officers of the Directorate of Military Counterintelligence in Maracaibo (DGCIM) detained staff members from Azul Positivo, a medical and humanitarian NGO in Zulia (Western Venezuela). Johan León Reyes, Yordy Bermúdez, Layners Gutiérrez Díaz, Alejandro Gómez Di Maggio and Luis Ferrabuz, have been charged with financial crimes and ‘association to commit crimes’. Amnesty International considers their detention and prosecution to be solely based on the humanitarian work carried out by the NGO they work for, Azul Positivo. They are prisoners of conscience and they must be released immediately and unconditionally. TAKE ACTION ....
Military arbitrarily detain NGO staff Officers of the Directorate of Military Counterintelligence in Maracaibo (DGCIM) detained six staff members from Azul Positivo, a medical and humanitarian NGO in Venezuela, on 12 January in Zulia (Western Venezuela). One was released, but five remain detained and will be charged. DCGIM officers raided the NGO’s office and seized their work equipment. Staff members have not had access to their lawyers or family. We demand the immediate release of all Azul Positivo workers and the halt of harassment and criminal prosecution of civil society. TAKE ACTION days left to take action Officers of the Directorate of Military Counterintelligence in Maracaibo (DGCIM) detained six staff members from Azul Positivo, a medical and humanitarian NGO in Venezuela, on 12 January in Zulia (Western Venezuela). One was released, but five remain detained and will be charged. DCGIM officers raided the NGO’s office and seized their work equipment ....