At least three people with disabilities are currently facing legal proceedings in Venezuela as a result of their involvement in protests resulting from the country's electoral fallout, according to a statement released by the Venezuelan Confederation of the Deaf (Consorven), an NGO that cares for the rights of said population. The three arrests took place amid a string of protests that have erupted in Venezuela as a result of the July 28 presidential elections and its controversial results.
The NGO described the three cases in detail, although it refrained from identifying the detainees. All in all, the victims were a deaf man, a teenager with autism who was taken from his home for allegedly being involved in violent protests and a young man with a learning disability who was allegedly seen rioting in a video.
