Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top human rights official, who cited a wave of arbitrary arrests, ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly on Tuesday declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner ...

Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...

The move was a sharp escalation of tensions with the international community following the arrest of a prominent human rights activist in the country.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.N. office on human rights in Venezuela partially resumed operations in recent weeks, the agency's chief said Friday, months after the government of President ...

In Extraordinary Move, Venezuela Expels U.N. Human Rights Agency The agency has 72 hours to leave the country, marking a “drastic hardening” of conditions inside the South American nation.

Venezuela’s government has ordered the local U.N. office on human rights to suspend its operations and has given its staff 72 hours to leave the country, accusing it of promoting opposition to ...

UN human rights office resumes activities in Venezuela despite Maduro clash Commissioner Volker Turk reiterated he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the violence following Venezuela’s contested ...

UN secretary-general 'reiterates that he is deeply concerned about reports of the arbitrary detention of opposition figures, ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.N. office on human rights in Venezuela has partially resumed operations in recent weeks. That’s according to the agency’s chief. Volker Türk made the ...

The Venezuela government-allied National Assembly unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.N. office on human rights in Venezuela partially resumed operations in recent weeks, the agency's chief said Friday, months after the government of President ...