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REDACTED Page 9 of 190 paramilitaries under the de facto control of Maduro perpetrated a widespread and systematic attack against the civilians perceived as dissidents at least in the Metropolitan District of Caracas and the states of Aragua, Táchira, Carabobo, Merida, Lara, Zulia and Miranda resulting in: i) the death of between 33 to 36 civilians since February 2014; 10 ii) the imprisonment of between 3,351 and 3,758 people who were arrested in the protests since February 2014.11 Amnesty International reported that of the five cases it investigated all of them had been arbitrarily detained12 while Foro Penal reported at least 638 cases of arbitrary arrests where individuals were freed after being detained without even being brought to court as required by law. As at 31 May 2015, there were still 77 people incarcerated for political motives, of which 12 students and six women. iii) the torture of 437 individuals during the protests13 reported by the UN Committee against Torture and 138 cases of torture or cruel and inhuman treatment during detention registered by Foro Penal.14 iv) other inhumane acts inflicted on at least 878 civilians injured since February 2014 according to official sources15 of which at least 138 were wounded by gunshot, 330 by pellets, 72 people by being beaten up, 34 people were injured by blunt objects and the remaining 280 wounded suffered injuries of various kinds.16 v) the persecution of a significant number of civilians perceived to be fascists, including political leaders, political activists, businessmen, media owners, 10 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. (2015) Venezuela: Balance de derechos humanos tras un año de las protestas; Also see: LA PATILLA. (2014) Así marchó la oposición en Venezuela. La Patilla. [ONLINE] 12 February. Available from: http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2014/02/12/asi-marcho-la-oposicion-en- venezuela-fotos/ [Accessed 19 October, 2015]; Also see: FORO PENAL VENEZOLANO. (2015) Politically motivated detentions, torture, other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and killings 11Please note that while the AI figures relate to the period February 2014 to March 2015, the Foro Penal figures cover the period February 2014 to May 2015. See: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. (2015) Venezuela: Balance de derechos humanos tras un año de las protestas; Also see: FORO PENAL VENEZOLANO. (2015) Politically motivated detentions, torture, other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and killings 12Opposition leader, Leopoldo López; the mayor of San Cristobal and opposition leader, Daniel Ceballos, LGBTI activist Rosmit Mantilla remain detained while Marcelo and Christian Holdack Crovato have been released pending trial. See: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. (2015) Venezuela: Balance de derechos humanos tras un año de las protestas 13AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. (2015) Venezuela: Balance de derechos humanos tras un año de las protestas 14 FORO PENAL VENEZOLANO. (2015) Politically motivated detentions, torture, other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and killings 15AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. (2015) Venezuela: the Faces of Impunity 16 PROVEA. (2014) Venezuela 2014: Protestas y Derechos Humanos

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