O The death toll from protests in several Venezuelan cities against the official results of the presidential elections, which gave victory to President Nicolás Maduro, rose to 24 today, reports AFP, citing human rights groups.
The Venezuelan non-governmental organization Provea presented the balance of “24 people killed between Sunday, July 28, and Monday, August 5, during events and demonstrations related to the presidential elections.”
The Americas division of Human Rights Watch released the same report.
Meanwhile, also today, the NGO Espacio Público reported that 168 violations of freedom of expression were recorded in July, 127 more than in June.
“The month of July was marked by the persecution of media workers and citizens for seeking or disseminating information and opinions related to the presidential election campaign,” the NGO detailed in its monthly report, which it published on its website.
Espacio Público reported that, according to the complaints received, subpoenas were the most frequent act (77), followed by acts of censorship (26), threats and verbal harassment (16 each), administrative restrictions (15) and judicial harassment (9).
He also said that security forces were responsible for these situations in 49% of cases, followed by State institutions, with 20%.
“The majority of victims are journalists (58), citizens (31), media outlets (15), websites (7), camera operators (5) and photojournalists (4),” he added.
It is worth noting that the latest figures showed 11 deaths. Since last week, Venezuela has been experiencing protests in several regions of the country, some of them violent, contesting the results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
Venezuela, a country with a significant community of Portuguese and Portuguese descendants, held presidential elections on July 28, after which the CNE attributed the victory to Maduro with just over 51% of the votes, while the opposition claims that its candidate, former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia, obtained almost 70% of the votes.
The Venezuelan opposition and many countries have denounced electoral fraud and demanded that the voting records be presented for independent verification.
The CNE has not yet published – as required by law – the minutes certifying Maduro’s victory, claiming that its computer system suffered a cyberattack.
The opposition believes that this is a ploy to avoid revealing the true results and has published the minutes from each polling station.
According to these documents – whose validity is rejected by Maduro – Gonzalez Urrutia won the election with 67% of the votes.
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Source: https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/2611336/sobe-para-24-o-numero-de-mortos-em-protestos-na-venezuela
