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February 6, 2021 10:40:36 am Three local and foreign human rights organizations reported Tuesday that attacks on rights defenders and civil society organizations in Venezuela have increased by 157% since 2019. The Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese of Caracas, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, and COFAVIC, a human rights non-governmental organization (NGO), published the report. The report explains that the crisis of the right to defend human rights in Venezuela has deepened significantly against the backdrop of COVID-19. The primary victims of the attacks are human rights NGOs, “which shows the deepening pattern of persecution against the expressions of organized civil society in Venezuela.” ....
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. ....