UN rights experts report a rise of efforts in Venezuela to squelch democracy ahead of 2024 election | AP News
GENEVA (AP) — Venezuela’s government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment as President Nicolás Maduro faces a re-election contest next year, U.N.-backed human rights experts reported on Wednesday.An international fact-finding mission authorized by the Human Rights Council notes that violent repression between 2017 and 2019 eased after