Award-Winning Human Rights Group Foro Penal Falsely Accused of Terrorism by Venezuelan Regime - Civil Rights Defenders

The NGO reported that it was criminalized by Minister Diosdado Cabello by linking it to an alleged terrorist network

The president of the Penal Forum, Alfredo Romero, denounced this Friday that the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Venezuela have been "criminalized and stigmatized", following recent statements by the Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, who linked them to a supposed "terrorist structure" that, he said, sought to sabotage the elections held last Sunday. Romero expressed his support for other organizations such as Provea and Médico…

DOBLE LLAVE – Venezuelan NGO president Foro Penal, Alfredo Romero, said that non-governmental organizations in the country have been "criminalized and stigmatized", after Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello linked it, together with Provea and Médicos Unidos, in a supposed "terrorist structure" that would have plans to sabotage last Sunday's elections.

The president of the Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal, Alfredo Romero, assured EFE this Friday that the non-governmental organizations in the country have been "criminalized and stigmatized", after the Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, linked it, together with Provea and Médicos Unidos, in a supposed "terrorist structure" that would have plans to sabotage the elections last Sunday.

The organization rejected through a statement the accusations of Minister Diosdado Cabello that link them to alleged terrorist plans.The NGO entry Penal Forum rejects accusations after linking with terrorist plans #30May was first published in El Impulso.

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