State Terrorism in Venezuela

In a groundbreaking new report, State Terrorism in Venezuela: Fear as a Political Instrument to Materialize Electoral Fraud, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and Realidad Helicoide document the Venezuelan regime’s new wave of political persecution, in response to the spontaneous mobilizations and social unrest caused by the National Electoral Council’s electoral fraud on the night of July 28. The report finds that:

-The systematized use of repression and political persecution is Nicolás Maduro’s means of demobilizing and disempowering Venezuelan citizens.

-Arbitrary detentions in post-election Venezuela increased by more than 2,200 in less than a week.

-8% of the arbitrary detainees were minors.

-Most of the detainees are charged with pre-qualified crimes by the Attorney General of the Republic at a press conference, without individualization of the facts.

Read the full report below.