CARACAS, Venezuela - An international human rights commission criticized the government of President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday for blocking its members from boarding a plane for Venezuela, where they planned to investigate alleged abuses. Paulo Abrão, executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, said the delegation will press ahead with its work, instead meeting victims and civil rights groups on the Colombian border with Venezuela. The rejection had been expected in large part because the commission had been invited by the country’s congress. They will also hold teleconference meeting so people elsewhere have access to them, Abrão said, adding that the findings will be part of a report on human rights in Venezuela published in March. Guaidó has yet to return to Venezuela following an international tour rallying support to oust Venezuela’s socialist government.

Source: thestar February 04, 2020 16:06 UTC