Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top human rights official, who cited a wave of arbitrary arrests, ...

Venezuela is facing a human rights and humanitarian crisis. The Maduro administration enjoys tremendous concentration of power, which it has used to gradually erode human rights guarantees and ...

Repression in Venezuela escalated during 2024 ahead of the July 28 elections, ... Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. ... Venezuela: Rights Crisis Deepens as Maduro is Sworn in.

More recently, Venezuela’s attorney general indicated that over 600 people have been investigated for human-rights-related crimes, more than 400 are in detention, and as many as 140 have been ...

Khan stressed “the need to protect the rights of civilians, including children.” International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan Monday demanded that Venezuelan authorities ...

Human rights activists reported Friday that they had records of 79 teenagers who were arrested after protests erupted Monday in reaction to the results of the July 28 presidential election.

Venezuela's government is responsible for the worst human rights crisis in its history, ... The United Nations estimates that 2.3 million people have left Venezuela since 2014.

Venezuela's government is ramping up efforts to repress peaceful protests in the wake of President Nicolás Maduro's disputed election win, according to a new report Tuesday that calls it a human ...

Venezuela has lost its seat on the United Nations Council of Human Rights — a development hailed on Tuesday by activists and human rights defenders in Venezuela as cause for celebration.