Independent experts working with the U.N.'s top human rights body say Venezuelan authorities have failed to hold to account state-backed perpetrators of violations including arbitrary executions, sexual violence and torture of civilians, warning that abuses by intelligence and counterintelligence services are continuing.
The third report from the fact-finding mission on Venezuela, commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council, released Tuesday adds new detail on a string of rights violations — including possible crimes against humanity — under President Nicolás Maduro's government that the experts first documented two years ago.
