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Racism and State Violence in Venezuela (Interview, disponible en español)
Mothers search for missing graves in Caracas. August 2019. (Photo by Francisco Sánchez) Professor Keymer Ávila of the Institute of Criminal Sciences at the Central University of Venezuela discusses lethal state violence. Venezuelan security forces kill thousands of...
Venezuela: Police violence. Victims of FAES.
6 de octubre de 2019 Hugo Passarello Luna In 2017, 26% of homicides in Venezuela were caused by thecountry´s security forces, among them the FAES, the police special tactics forces.President Nicolás Maduro created FAES in 2017, since then they were repeatedlyaccused...
Are Rights | Keymer Ávila: “The problem lies when the exception becomes the rule”
19 de septiembre de 2019 Eduardo Torres The Regional Report of the Monitor on the use of lethal force in Latin America was recently released , on the occasion of the same #SonDerechos, a radio program of Provea by Fe y Alegría, interviewed Keymer Ávila, Researcher at...
How Brutal Are Venezuelan Police Forces?
Photo:800 Noticias retrieved The Monitor for Lethal Force in Latin America published its first report, covering Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico and Venezuela. When it comes to executions, we’ve earned more medals than in the PanAm Games in Lima. 5 de septiembre...
In Australia “they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela.”
Residents gather in the streets where a public bus was burned during clashes between Bolivarian National Guards and anti-government protesters in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. (AP) 19 de agosto de 2019 Fact-checking Matt Gaetz...
29 Killed in Clashes at Venezuelan Detention Center
Relatives of prisoners killed during clashes at a police detention center in the town of Acarigua, in the Venezuelan state of Portuguesa, wait outside a hospital's morgue to be handed the bodies of their loved ones, on May 25, 2019. (Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images)...
Interview | Keymer Ávila: “The State has been extremely effective in using force to retain power”
The criminologist Keymer Ávila emphasizes that inaction in the face of human rights violations by security organizations can be considered a government policy that involves tolerance and institutional protection. 28 de abril de 2019 Sofía Nederr The performance of the...
Factbox: Venezuelan special police unit blamed for abuses, killings
A local resident waits for a bus at next to a graffiti of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at Jose Felix Ribas neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 3 de febrero de 2019 Angus Berwick CARACAS (Reuters) - Violence perpetrated by...
Inside a raid in Maduro’s crackdown on critics in Venezuela slums
3 de febrero de 2019 Angus Berwick CARACAS (Reuters) - After Venezuelan police officers clad in black military uniforms and masks stopped 27-year-old Yohendry Fernandez at gunpoint in the Caracas slum of Jose Felix Ribas, they asked him if he had a criminal record. He...
As Petare Rises Up, FAES Wages War On The Poor
Image: The José Felix Rivas shantytown area in Petare, Eastern Caracas Genuinely harrowing stories are coming out of Petare, Caracas’s biggest shantytown. As the poor begin to protest, the National Police’s death squad —FAES— has launched an unprecedented rampage. 29...
Venezuelan Opposition’s Police Reform Law Seeks Decentralization and Increased Firepower
11 de diciembre de 2016 Rebecca Hanson In October the National Assembly (AN) approved in second discussion, a reform of the Ley Orgánica del Servicio de Policía y Cuerpo de Policía Nacional Bolivariana (LOSPCPNB). The reform had been in the works since August of...
Venezuela Massacre Highlights Sweeping Security Force Violence
A crime scene in Venezuela 30 de noviembre de 2016 Venezuela Investigative Unit The recent massacre of 12 youths in Venezuela is widely suspected to have been perpetrated by military officials as part of an ongoing offensive against crime, in the latest example of...
