The National Assembly of Venezuela urged Michelle Bachelet to visit the country for the "serious" violation of human rights



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The Venezuelan Parliament, majority of opposition, urged Tuesday the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet visit the country by the "serious" violation which, he badures, this exists and despite the fact that in Caracas, a special commission is created to evaluate the situation.

After an in-depth debate during which relatives of "victims" of "violation" of human rights have reported on what their loved ones have experienced, some imprisoned or dead, The Legislature agreed to ask Bachelet "to make an urgent visit to Venezuela"then you check "In situ the violation of human rights."

In addition, he indicated that "It is imperative that the UN Human Rights Office prepare a report on human rights violations in the country."

The request related to the visit of the commission of Bachelet office in the country, which met Tuesday with the board of directors of Parliament in private.

According to the MP Miguel Pizarror UN delegates also heard from relatives of "political prisoners", killed in anti-government demonstrations and by doctors who reveal the situation in which are the public hospitals, affected by the economic crisis.

"Today, we ask for your visit, but we ask" that the report to be prepared is not "cold", that it is not limited to a "manifestation of concern: our country needs more, our country needs pressure", Pizarro said in the debate.

The parliamentarian also took the opportunity to tell the multilateral organizations that "You can not be impartial before the violation of human rights, you can not be impartial before death, you can not be impartial before a dictatorship."

Some of the people who participated in today 's session as "victims" or close to the people who, according to them, were raped were raped. MP Gilber Caro, who recounted the conditions of his detention and Rafaela Requesens, sister of the detained parliamentarian Juan Requesens.

Caro recalled that the cell in which he was detained had a size of two square meters over two meters large squares and that gave him four liters of water a week, sometimes salty.

While Rafaela Requesenes reiterated that her brother was "kidnapped" by Nicolás Madur's regimeor who arrested him after telling him about an attack that took place last August against the president.

The UN special delegation to Venezuela came in the middle of the blackout that occurred last Thursday. and it paralyzed the country in the past five days as communications, water supplies, stores, transportation and health services were affected.

(With information from EFE)

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