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Venezuela: Exclusions, Procedures Mar Amnesty Law

Venezuela’s new amnesty law has serious shortcomings that exclude many people who have been arbitrarily detained and is being applied in ways that may deny release to people who should be eligible.

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that the application of the amnesty law in Venezuela is characterized by “serious deficiencies” and urged the country’s authorities to guarantee the “unconditional release” of all those arbitrarily detained or prosecuted. “The new amnesty law in Venezuela is far from guaranteeing the release of those who were arbitrarily detained for political reasons,” said HRW’s director for the Americas, Juanita Goebert…

14-05-26.-The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Venezuelan authorities to guarantee the "unconditional release" of all those arbitrarily detained or prosecuted and assured that the application of the Amnesty Law is characterized by "serious deficiencies". "The new law...

The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that the application of the amnesty law in Venezuela is characterized by "serious deficiencies" and urged the authorities of the country to guarantee the "unconditional release" of all those detained or arbitrarily prosecuted. "The new amnesty law of Venezuela is far from [...] The entry Human Rights Watch believes that amnesty law in Venezuela has "serious deficiencies" was first publishe…

(EFE).- Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that the application of the amnesty law in Venezuela is characterized by "serious deficiencies" and urged the authorities of the South American country to guarantee the "unconditional release" of all those arbitrarily detained or prosecuted. "The new amnesty law in Venezuela is far from guaranteeing the release of those who were arbitrarily detained for political reasons," said HRW's Director for t…

Juanita Goebertus Estrada, director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch, said that Venezuela's amnesty law has serious deficiencies that exclude many people who have been arbitrarily detained. Human Rights Watch's entry denounces "unfair" implementation of the Amnesty Law in Venezuela #13May was first published in El Impulso.

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