On May 1, 2019, Hearts On Venezuela was born, a network of volunteers worldwide whose objective is to serve as a platform to translate and expand the voices of Venezuelans to the English-speaking world. Hearts On Venezuela seeks to break […]
85 Civil Society Organizations respond to Cuba’s election to a fifth term on the United Nations Human Rights Council. In response to Cuba’s election to a fifth term on the Human Rights Council, 85 Cuban and international human rights and freedom-of-expression organizations, […]
Maracaibo.- The precarity of living conditions in Zulia, the hyperinflationary phenomenon and the increase in police violence are some of the situations which marked the human rights situation in the state of Zulia. The Human Rights Commission of the State […]
This is the name of the profound and beautiful novel by Tzvetan Todorov, one of the sharpest thinkers from contemporary times, who died very recently. His work offers a thesis on the risks faced by current democracies, which is something […]
Beatriz Borges, Executive Director of the Venezuelan human rights organization Centro de Paz y Justicia (Center for Peace and Justice or Cepaz), has been present at the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) […]
This is the translated text of the speech given by Beatriz Borges, Executive Director of the Venezuelan human rights organization Cepaz, at the hearings before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Political Persecution in Venezuela. Good morning, commissioners, […]
El Pitazo finds itself in front of a new attempt to impede the right to freedom of expression and information by unknown factors From Monday, June 17th, users and journalists of El Pitazo report difficulties to enter elpitazo.net, especially those […]
I’m writing these reflections after publishing “Fascism: The Left Project that Keeps Giving at Caracas Chronicles. This is a longer post below, wherein I develop some ideas that I only touched on in the CCs piece. Someone asked me recently […]
The dismantling of the rule of law and the general breakdown of the State are manifested in widespread human suffering, social violence and state policies of closure of freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly, repression and persecution, arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and extrajudicial executions
Mr President, Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, As requested by Council resolution 39/1, the Office has submitted a report on the human rights crisis in Venezuela. In March, my staff conducted a technical visit to the country. Human […]
