Venezuela: Treatment of persons of Middle East/Arabic ethnic origin in Venezuela
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | VEN5380 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Venezuela: Treatment of persons of Middle East/Arabic ethnic origin in Venezuela, 1 May 1990, VEN5380, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac1068.html [accessed 9 October 2022] |
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Although a recent communique from the Andean Commission of Jurists based in Lima stated that the treatment of foreigners in general (not people of particular ethnic origin) in Venezuela has become "harder" in recent times, a particular treatment for specific national or ethnic groups is not reported. [ Andean Commission of Jurists, Fax dated 29 August 1989, No. 001-613-9541228.] The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989 (Washington: U.S. Department of State, 1990), under Section 5 of the chapter on Venezuela, states:
"There is no evidence that economic and social needs and cultural aspirations are denied on a discriminatory basis to any portion of the population".
The corresponding Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices published yearly by Human Rights Watch is not available yet, but in a telephone communication with the IRBDC on 18 May 1990 the Washington office of Americas Watch (member of Human Rights Watch) informed that it did not have any reports on mistreatment of people based on their Arabic ethnic origin.
