por violenciainstitucional | Feb 17, 2023 | 2015-2016, Derechos Humanos, English, Entrevistas, Políticas de seguridad, Venezuela
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...
por violenciainstitucional | Feb 17, 2023 | 2013-2016, Derechos Humanos, English, Entrevistas, Gobernanzas criminales, Mano dura, Pandillas, Violencia institucional
File photo of police patrolling the slum district of Petare in Caracas, Venezuela November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo CARACAS (Reuters) – The click-clack of guns being cocked echoes in the cement safe house where seven kidnappers keep...
por violenciainstitucional | Feb 12, 2023 | 2015, Derechos Humanos, English, Entrevistas, Megabandas, OLP, Zonas de paz
6 de agosto de 2015 Hugo Pérez Hernáiz y David Smilde In July the Venezuelan government launched its newest anti-crime initiative: “Operation Liberation and Protection of the People” (hereafter referred to as OLP). The operations sends heavily-armed police and...
por violenciainstitucional | Feb 12, 2023 | 2015, Control de manifestaciones, Derechos Humanos, English, Entrevistas, Militarización
6 de febrero de 2015 David Smilde y Hugo Pérez Hernáiz [Since publishing this piece I have become aware of Keymer Ávila’s (Red de Apoyo & UCV) piece published the day before. I think it provides the most comprehensive legal analysis of R8610. -DS] A new Ministry...
por violenciainstitucional | Feb 11, 2023 | 2014, Derechos Humanos, English, Entrevistas, Fiscal General de la República, Ministerio Público, Políticas de seguridad, Políticas públicas, Prevención, Seguridad ciudadana
10 de septiembre de 2014 Rebecca Hanson On September 9-10 Venezuela’s Attorney General’s office organized a conference called Prevention is Citizen Security. It sought to bring government representatives, academics, police, and community organizers together to discuss...
