Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Rights groups: Venezuela seeks to suppress dissent


Human rights groups are condemning Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for what they say is a campaign to squash demonstrations against his government. The past two weeks 13 anti-government activists have been arrested for protesting everything from mounting economic hardships to the presence of a team from communist Cuba at a baseball tournament. A coalition of 10 local rights groups said Tuesday that the use of firearms by police to control crowds and a reliance on anti-terrorism laws to round up activists violate Venezuelans' constitutional right to peaceful protest. More...


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