Acción Urgente 217/15 Marino Alvarado AMR 53/2584/2015

According to a statement by Venezuelan NGO Venezuelan Program for Education and Action on Human Rights (Provea), on 1 October at approximately 5.30 pm, human rights defender Marino Alvarado and his nine-year-old son were confronted by three armed men inside the building where they live in Caracas, the capital. They were coming back from his son’s school when the three armed men forced them into their home.