According to NGOs Espacio Público (Public Space) and the Venezuelan Program of Education-Action in Human Rights (Provea), 1,581 demonstrations have been staged in Venezuela in 2010
The possibility of ending up behind bars or being killed does not intimidate the Venezuelan people, who still consider that demonstrations are an effective way to voice discomfort or make complaints, according to a report prepared by Espacio Público (Public Space) and the Venezuelan Program of Education-Action in Human Rights (Provea) which was published on Monday.
Based on the paper, in the first half of 2010 there were 1,581 street protests, a 14 percent increase over the same period in 2009, when they reported 1,380 demonstrations.
The human rights groups added that the government policy of criminalizing protest continues. Provea and Espacio Público said that there were violent events in 91 street protests that began peacefully.
There were 44 injured and 301 people arrested in those 91 demonstrations. The study also reported that most of the protests were carried out in the western state of Zulia (339 demonstrations.)
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