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UN: Attacks in Venezuela Spike Against Government's Political Opponents

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is deploring the
   violent, escalating attacks against political opponents of the
   government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Michelle Bachelet
   presented an oral update of the situation in Venezuela to the U.N.
   Human Rights Council in Geneva Tuesday.

   Bachelet said the human rights situation in Venezuela has worsened
   since she last reported on conditions in that country in December. She
   said opponents of the Maduro government are in a particularly difficult
   and dangerous situation.

   As political tensions increase, Bachelet said, so does violence against
   opposition members of parliament and other dissidents by security
   forces and government supporters. She said several parliament members
   have been arrested.

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