The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said its officials were blocked on...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights delegation, Paulo Abrao speaks with Reuters during an interview in a hotel in Panama City after the delegation"was banned from boarding the flight from Panama City to Caracas, according to a notification received by the airline," Copa Airlines, the IACHR said in a statement. Panama February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Erick Marciscano
The Washington-based Commission, which is the human rights arm of the Organization of American States, was slated to be in Venezuela for a five-day visit to investigate the human rights condition in the country. Copa declined to comment. The Venezuelan Ministry of Information did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The commission, condemned the move, saying, “The impediment to entering the country hinders the international human rights obligations assumed by Venezuela a very serious significant deterioration in the enjoyment of human rights persists.”
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