GENEVA, November 9, 2015 -- One month before Venezuela holds parliamentary elections, the UN agreed to hold a special assembly for Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro this Thursday, November 12, at its Human Rights Council in Geneva, prompting concerns by diplomats and human rights activists.
UN Watch, a non-governmental human rights group based in Geneva, demanded equal time after the speech to invite Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. "While standard UNHRC meetings allow debate, the format of the Maduro meeting will be a "monologue, with no dissenting voices," noted UN Watch.
