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IAHCR: Venezuela's withdrawal leaves Venezuelans unarmed
In the event that Venezuela will pull out of the Organization of American States (OAS), as threatened by President Hugo Chávez, Venezuelans will be increasingly unprotected, Santiago Cantón, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), said on Friday."We hope that they will not walk out of he system. As a protection agency, the more involvement by States, the more assurances for advocacy of human rights," Cantón told reporters. "Leaving the system means increasing lack of protection for the inhabitants of outgoing countries," he added. Chávez threatened to pull out Venezuela of the IACHR as the OAS independent agency released last week a report attesting to weakening democracy and human rights restrictions in Venezuela, AFP quoted. Posted by: Steve White 2010-03-06 |
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