Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Venezuela continues to carry out a systematic pattern of politically motivated arbitrary detentions, accompanied by serious violations of due process and the human rights of people deprived of liberty.
Gloria Monique de Mees, the commission's special rapporteur for Venezuela, said before the Organization of American States Permanent Council in Washington on Wednesday that the group has information that indicates "clandestine detention centers" still are operating in the country.
"The persistence of these facilities highlights the structural nature of the violations and the absence of effective institutional oversight," de Mees said, according to a report by Infobae.
Despite the release of some political prisoners by the interim government of Delcy Rodriguez after the Jan. 3 capture of Nicolas Maduro in a U.S. military operation, the human rights situation in Venezuela remains alarming, the commission said. Its members have not been able to visit the country since 2002.
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