Venezuela

Human Rights in BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA

Venezuela: Human rights and rule of law must be upheld in times of ...
11 April 2002

12 April 2002. AI Index AMR 53/003/2002 - News Service Nr. 66. Venezuela: Human rights and rule of law must be upheld in times of crisis. ...

Press Release       AMR 53/003/2002

Venezuela: Threats and intimidation/fear for safety, Jonathan ...
8 March 2002

Jonathan Granadino Rosendo, whose testimony helped to convict a police officer of murder in 2001, has been harassed and intimidated by police officers, colleagues ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/002/2002

Venezuela: Possible extrajudicial execution/ Fear for safety
12 February 2002

PUBLIC AI Index: AMR 53/001/2002. UA 42/02 Possible extrajudicial execution/ 12 February 2002. Fear for safety. VENEZUELA Paola Sánchez. Vicky Martínez. ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/001/2002

Americas: Indigenous people at high risk of human rights ...
7 September 2001

AI Index AMR 01/008/2001 - News Service Nr. 136. Embargoed for : 08/09/2001 00:01 GMT. Americas: Indigenous people at high risk of human rights violations. ...

Press Release       AMR 01/008/2001

Venezuela: Further information on Fear for Safety / Ill-treatment
29 March 2001

Silvano Castro, the head (cacique) of an indigenous community who has previously been harassed, has been beaten by soldiers and has received death threats.

Urgent Action       AMR 53/002/2001

Venezuela: Fear for Safety / Ill-treatment
4 January 2001

Pemón indigenous people in San Rafael de Kamoirán, including Juan Ramón Lezama and Silviano Castro, who are protesting against the construction of an electricity ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/001/2001

Venezuela: Death threat / Fear for safety
30 October 2000

Pemón indigenous people protesting against the construction of an electricity supply network in Venezuela's Gran Sabana region have reportedly received death threats ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/014/2000

Venezuela: Fear for the safety of the transgendered community in ...
11 October 2000

Amnesty International has learnt that members of the transgendered community in Valencia, Carabobo State, Venezuela, continues to be harassed and jailed in conditions ...

Report       AMR 53/013/2000

Venezuela: Possible extrajudicial execution/Fear for safety ...
17 August 2000

On 29 July 2000, José Luis Nieves, a transgendered person known as Dayana, was killed in the city of Valencia, Carabobo State, in circumstances that suggest she ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/009/2000

Venezuela: Protecting human rights - the task is not yet over
31 July 2000

On 29 December 1999 a new Constitution came into force in Venezuela which constitutes an important and significant step forward in terms of human rights. In this ...

Report       AMR 53/008/2000