Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia This Thursday, he condemned the conditions experienced by the six militants sheltered in the Embassy of Argentina in Caracas and warned that this “serious situation directly affects human rights and other international instruments.”
The message from the former presidential candidate, recognized as the winner of the elections by countries like the United States, came after last Saturday It was learned that hooded agents from Nicolás Maduro’s government began to surround the Argentine embassy in Venezuela.
According to the activist Pedro Urruchurtu Nosellione of the six asylum seekers since March, the officials of the Directorate of Strategic and Tactical Actions of the Bolivarian National Police Corps (DAET) and the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) They were present with long weapons.
González Urrutia added that the Embassy faces “power outage, extreme restrictions on food, water and essential goodsin addition to pressure and by officials stationed outside“.
Regarding this situation, he considered that these actions “not only violate fundamental rightsbut also international agreements on protection and diplomatic refuge“.
Through a video that he shared on his social networks, the opponent, exiled in Spain after they requested his capture on charges of conspiracy, usurpation of functions, instigation of rebellion and sabotage, demanded “respect for humanity and international law.”
Foreign Ministry repudiated the siege of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas
The six Venezuelan opponents have been asylum in the Argentine Embassy since March, after the arrests of Henry Alviarez organizational coordinator of the María Corina Machado movement, Sell Venezuelaand the national political secretary of that movement, Dignora Hernandez.
At that moment, the Prosecutor’s Office He issued arrest warrants against other opposition figures and it was then that the Argentine Embassy decided to offer them refuge. The accusation against him was for the alleged crime of conspiracy.
Following the weekend’s episode, the Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning “the acts of harassment and intimidation against asylum seekers at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.”
Furthermore, they added that ”the deployment of armed forces, the closure of streets around our Embassy and other maneuvers constitute a disruption of the security that must be guaranteed to diplomatic headquarters in accordance with international law, as well as to those who have requested diplomatic asylum”.
Finally, they reaffirmedits commitment to the defense of human rights, respect for international standards and the safety of those in asylum situations”.
Source: Ambito
