The Italian government on Saturday
urged Venezuela to respect rights and free opponents amid a
crackdown on protests against the allegedly fraudulent
re-election of President Nicolas Maduro in which dozens of
people have been killed and many more jailed, according to a
note from Premier Giorgia Meloni's office at Palazzo Chigi in
Rome.
The Italian government continues to follow the situation in
Venezuela with great concern, in close cooperation with its
international partners, it said.
Italy, it said, calls on the Venezuelan authorities to respect
the rights of all citizens and to proceed with the release of
all political opponents, firmly condemning any threat or
deprivation of civil liberties.
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