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Weekly Report - 05 September 2024 (WR-24-35)
VENEZUELA: González arrest warrant takes repression to new heights
Having refused to leave office despite signs that he lost the 28 July presidential election by a wide margin, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is reaching for devices that had hitherto lain unused in his toolkit of political repression. On 2 September a judge issued an arrest warrant for his opposition rival Edmundo González, who is accused of six alleged crimes relating to the election and its aftermath.
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