US EditionVenezuela orders UN office on human rights to close and its staff to leave in 3 days
- Venezuela has suspended activities of the UN rights office and ordered its staff to leave within 72 hours after the agency expressed "deep concern" over the detention of activist Rocio San Miguel.
- Foreign Minister Yvan Gil accused the UN rights office of adopting an inappropriate role and vowed to maintain the suspension until the agency rectifies its attitude. Venezuela will, however, continue to cooperate with the rights agency in Geneva.
- An independent UN fact-finding mission condemned the intensifying repression of opponents in Venezuela, calling it part of a coordinated plan to silence critics.
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Venezuela suspends UN human rights office amid criticism of the detention of activist
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil announced Thursday that the Venezuelan government has decided to suspend the activities of the Technical Assistance Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Venezuela, alleging a deviation from its mandate. Additionally, Gil stated that the personnel affiliated with this office must leave Venezuelan territory within 72 hours. During a press conference, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister…
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The Venezuelan government has asked the staff of the UN Human Rights Agency (OHCHR) to leave the country within the next three days, stating that it will carry out a review of cooperation with the UN.
All staff at the UN's human rights office in Venezuela have been given three days to leave the country.
The Venezuelan government gives UN Human Rights personnel 72 hours to leave the country - La Opinion
The announcement comes after a wave of arrests of critics and opponents in the country
Venezuela's foreign minister has decided to “suspend all activities” of the UN human rights office in the country. At the same time, he has given all the employees 72 hours to leave Venezuela. This was reported by the AFP news agency. The country's foreign minister, Yvan Gail, explains that the UN office has taken on an “inappropriate role” and that it has become “a private law office for the coup-makers and terrorists who constantly conspire ag…
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