The human rights emergency in Venezuela

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Alfredo Romero is a lawyer and human rights defender in Venezuela. His organization, Foro Penal, has helped thousands of political prisoners and detainees since 2014. Romero talks to Marco Werman about the scale of detention under Maduro and why Venezuelans are still risking their lives to protest.

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