Coordinators, Lawyers and Members of the Penal Forum of all Venezuela Respond to Attacks Against their National Directive
Coordinators, lawyers and members of the Penal Forum of all Venezuela respond to attacks against their National Directive We, Regional Coordinators of the Penal Forum, Coordinators of Active Defenders, Lawyers and Volunteers, offer absolute and…
Penal Forum on the Events that Led to the Violent Death of Oscar Pérez and 8 others.
The Penal Forum on the events that took place on January 15, 2018, in El Junquito, in which Oscar Pérez and at least eight others lost their lives in a violent way, expresses to the…
May 2017
Protests and demonstration against the national government have drastically intensifed in Venezuela during the months of April and May 2017. On a nearly daily basis, there have been nationwide protests routinely followed by repressive actions…
More than 5,300 people have been detained in the context of massive anti-government demonstrations in Venezuela since early April, according to a tally by the Venezuelan Penal Forum, a network of lawyers who provide pro-bono…