Analysis Report

Political police torture in Caracas (Venezuela)

Electric shocks, beatings, waterboarding, asphyxiation with chemicals... A report denounces these practices.

Electric shocks, beatings, waterboarding, asphyxiation with chemicals… The Venezuelan government, engulfed in an endless political crisis, reacts to protest movements with torture and arbitrary detentions. The Venezuelan NGO “A Window to Freedom” denounces these practices in its latest report (in Spanish).

Living conditions could amount to an inhuman and degrading treatment: lack of access to health care, poor hygiene, limited food rations, restriction of the right to visits, and longterm solitary confinement for some.