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Chavez Expels Human Rights Watch Officials

HeadlineSep 23, 2008

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has condemned Venezuela’s decision to expel two senior officials from Human Rights Watch after the group issued a report criticizing Hugo Chavez’s human rights record. The group claimed that discrimination on political grounds has been a defining feature of the Chavez presidency.

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