Maduro security forces committed crimes against humanity, UN says
16 September 2020 - 19:32
Geneva — The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has committed systematic human rights violations including killings and torture amounting to crimes against humanity, UN investigators said on Wednesday.
Reasonable grounds exist to believe that, to silence opposition, Maduro and his interior and defence ministers ordered or contributed to the crimes documented in the report, they said...
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