[Iran Press TV] Venezuela has denounced as "baseless" reports by the United Nations...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
on the country’s human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal
liberty...
violations, saying the issue is being used as "a political weapon."
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, who was speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, said the UN reports were "riddled with lies."
"The strategy used against my country from certain centers of power is a clear example of the use of human rights as a political weapon," Arreaza told the council.
Venezuela’s foreign minister added that the recent reports by the UN rights office "have no methodological rigor, they are baseless and they are trying to upset our illusory sovereignty, peace and stability."
Arreaza made the remarks in response to a report published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein warning of possible "crimes against humanity" in Venezuela.