INDIA, March 21 -- Expressing deep concern at the "magnitude and gravity of the human rights impact" of Venezuela's current crisis, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Wednesday that the country had become "a worrying destabilizing factor in the region."
Amid a protracted crisis from a faltering economy, political instability and violent anti-Government demonstrations, a technical team of five OHCHR staff members are currently touring the country, which rights chief Michelle Bachelet, described as "a positive first step".
She highlighted "dramatically" deteriorating "economic and social rights", exacerbated by the recent electricity blackout and expressed concern about the "continued criminalization of peaceful prote...