In Venezuela, the group honored by the State Department is
known as Foro Penal Venezolano, or the Venezuelan Penal Forum, a
non-governmental organization made up of 200 lawyers and 1,000 human rights
activists. During the widespread protests in 2014 against the government of
President Nicolas Maduro, the FPV reportedly catalogued the detention of more
than 2,000 demonstrators. "Today a majority of these student demonstrators
who have pending charges receive free counsel from Foro Penal," Blinken
said at Thursday's ceremony in Washington. "The risk to Foro Penal to the
safety, to the property, to the freedom of its lawyers and defenders is very
real. But their work carries on." More… 
Monday, July 20, 2015
U.S. Human Rights Awards Set Off Diplomatic Brawls With Venezuela, Kyrgyzstan
In Venezuela, the group honored by the State Department is
known as Foro Penal Venezolano, or the Venezuelan Penal Forum, a
non-governmental organization made up of 200 lawyers and 1,000 human rights
activists. During the widespread protests in 2014 against the government of
President Nicolas Maduro, the FPV reportedly catalogued the detention of more
than 2,000 demonstrators. "Today a majority of these student demonstrators
who have pending charges receive free counsel from Foro Penal," Blinken
said at Thursday's ceremony in Washington. "The risk to Foro Penal to the
safety, to the property, to the freedom of its lawyers and defenders is very
real. But their work carries on." More… 
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