The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) this Wednesday urged the government of the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro to take measures so that the opposition Maria Corina Machado can carry out political activitieswithout being subject to threats”.
In a statement, this body of the Organization of American States (OAS) highlights “the persistence of threats, harassment and other acts of violence“against Machado”within the framework of the current electoral context”.
Machado swept the primary elections of the main opposition alliance but cannot contest the 2024 presidential elections against Maduro due to a political disqualification, which he has appealed to the Supreme justice court (TSJ).
The IACHR He has been following his case since April 2019 because “was in a risky situation“, according to the statement, in which “regretted the lack of response from the State”.
The organization asks the government of Nicolas Maduro that “adopt the necessary measures to protect the rights to life and personal integrity” of Maria Corina Machado and to ensure that “can continue carrying out their political participation activities without being subject to threats, harassment or acts of violence in the exercise of them”.
Finally, it asks you to carry out a “due diligence investigation” about the recriminated facts, “including those that could have taken place by state officials and/or agents”.
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The Maduro government ignores the recommendations of the OASan organization from which he formally requested to leave in 2017.
Venezuela was represented at the OAS by an envoy of the opposition Juan Guaidóconsidered interim president by several countries, until January 2023, when the opposition itself put an end to the provisional government.
