The civil society organizations that sign this statement reiterate our rejection and demand the revocation of new Administrative Ruling No. 002-2021 for the Unified Registry of Obligated Subjects before the National Office Against Organized Crime and Terrorism Financing.
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On May 5, Venezuela’s National Civic Forum (Foro Cívico) civil society coalition issued a...
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Today, after weeks of concerted mobilizing by civil society and persistent negotiations between opposition representatives and the Maduro government, the new members of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) were announced.
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As Venezuela’s crisis of authoritarianism deepens, civil society voices are increasingly coming under attack by the de facto government of Nicolás Maduro. On March 30, the Venezuelan Ministry of Interior and Justice published a new requirement in the Official Gazette for the registry
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On March 31, a group of over 60 Colombian and Venezuelan NGOs—and over 300 individual advocates...
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In a letter to President Joe Biden, human rights groups in Brazil and the Washington Office on...
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Agreement Will Require UN Oversight and Humanitarian Supervision Washington, DC—On February 11,...
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The recent, ongoing and unwarranted detention of five members of the Venezuelan NGO ‘Azul...
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On January 30, UN Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the...
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On January 25, 2021, a group of U.S. Senators led by incoming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced a bill to designate Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which would grant temporary legal status to Venezuelans fleeing a devastating political and humanitarian crisis in their home country.
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