The IACHR denounced the Nicolás Maduro regime for “state terrorism”

In a report, uploaded to the official website of the IACHR, The international organization stated that “before, during and after the presidential election of July 28, the regime implemented a coordinated repressive strategy” which was based on three stages in order to “perpetuate illegitimately in power.”

“Within the framework of this strategy, state terrorism practices that had the purpose of preventing the political participation of the opposition, hindering the development of a free, fair, competitive and transparent electoral contest, and sowing terror among the citizens,” the Commission denounced, events that “could only be carried out, without any control, due to the co-option of the different powers of the State”.

“State repression included practices of state terrorism aimed especially at instilling terror in citizens and silencing dissident voices.”they continued. Additionally, the document pointed out a series of violations including “extrajudicial executions, short-term forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.”

The IACHR, an organization of the American State Organization (OAS), concluded that the Venezuelan regime “executed a planned strategy aimed at preventing political participation of the oppositionhinder the development of a free, fair and competitive contest, and repress social protests caused by electoral opacity and complaints of fraud.”

The IACHR report on Venezuela

The first stage was carried out in the run-up to the electoral contest and had as its objective “prevent the political participation of the opposition”. The second level of the plan took place during the election and was intended “to manipulate the results to proclaim Nicolás Maduro as the winner without any type of transparency.”

The third took place once the elections were over. The perception of fraud on the part of the citizens it generated multiple demonstrations. In response, the regime applied systematic repression “increasing terror as a tool of social control” during which “groups of civilians were mobilized against the demonstrations and launched the “Operation Tun “Tun” that left “at least 25 murders, dozens of brief forced disappearances, some 2,000 arbitrary detentions.”

This operation also included the detention of children and adolescents, followed by “torture, cruel, inhuman treatment and degrading, and serious violations to judicial guarantees and freedom of expression,” denounced the IACHR.

According to the report, the circumstances surrounding the election “configure an alteration of the constitutional order.” “The electoral opacity, and in general, the restrictions on political rights recorded in this document prevent this Commission from considering that the re-election of Nicolás Maduro enjoys democratic legitimacy“, they concluded.

The report specified that the opposition managed to compile more than 80% of the digitized minutes at the national level. According to these minutes, the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia would have obtained the 67% of the votes.

These complaints are added to those already presented by the Carter Center and the United Nations Panel of Expertswho participated as observers of the process within the country and concluded that the elections could not be considered democratic, and those of the United Nations Fact-Finding Missionwhich warned about the reactivation, with greater force, of Chavismo’s repressive machinery after the elections.

The IACHR granted precautionary measures in favor of the gendarme Nahuel Gallo, kidnapped in Venezuela

Days ago, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures in favor of the Argentine gendarme kidnapped in VenezuelaNahuel Agustín Gallo.

“As revealed by the statements of high authorities of Venezuela, No actions have been taken to guarantee communication between Nahuel Gallo and the country of which he is a national. Furthermore, the Commission observes that there is no internal possibility of requesting protection in favor of the beneficiary.“says the official document.

The international organization requires the regime to adopt the measures necessary to protect the rights to life and personal integrity of the beneficiary and report if you are in state custody and the circumstances of his detention; or, of the measures taken in order to determine their whereabouts or destination.