Doctors at the maternity hospital recommended terminating the pregnancy to not put Beatriz’s life at risk—she had been diagnosed with lupus at 19. However, in El Salvador, abortion is completely illegal regardless of the circumstances.
Khan’s request to resume the probe comes six months after Venezuela asked the court to defer the investigation to authorities in the South American country
"Gangs use extreme violence (all forms of torture) to force parents and families to pay large sums of U.S. money that they do not have," it said, citing severe burns, gang rapes, and hangings a consequence of not paying
The pressure comes after a Chinese tennis player disappeared from the public eye.
U.S. Department of State spokesman, Ned Price, on the negotiations between the Maduro regime and the opposition: a move that will “lead to the peaceful restoration of democracy” that the Venezuelan people want and deserve.
Prosecutor Karim Khan signed a memorandum of understanding with President Nicolas Maduro determining that “he will proceed to open an investigation to establish the truth” behind events in Venezuela.
In Latin America, Venezuela ranked the lowest with a score of 14 on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean)
“Instead of penalizing the people, the government should listen to their calls. Authorities must let people express their thoughts freely and protest peacefully without fear of retaliation.”
OSCE claims that there are "clear patterns of violations of international humanitarian law" in Ukraine