Venezuela: Detentions without a trace: The crime of enforced disappearance in Venezuela

The Venezuelan authorities have committed, and continue to commit, enforced disappearances as part of their policy of repression of dissidents and those they perceive as such. This report analyses the situation of 15 disappeared persons since the presidential election of 28 July 2024 up to 15 June 2025. Together with its research over the last decade, Amnesty International concludes that this serious human rights violation and international crime is being committed as part of a systematic and widespread attack in Venezuela and would constitute a crime against humanity.

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