Venezuelan envoy rejects 'biased' report at UN rights body

A top Venezuelan diplomat on Friday blasted what he called the "biased vision" of a report by the UN human rights chief chronicling torture, sexual abuse and extrajudicial killings in the country, and demanded it be "corrected".

Deputy Foreign Minister William Castillo insisted the report from High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet "does not reflect the reality in our country."
"The content of this report is incomprehensible, dominated by a selective and biased vision," Castillo said. "It's a text lacking in scientific rigor, with serious errors in methodology and which seems like a carbon copy of previous reports."
Witnesses recounted "in every case" how special forces known as FAES "manipulated the crime scene and evidence," the report said. "They would plant arms and drugs and fire their weapons against the walls or in the air to suggest a confrontation and to show the victim had 'resisted authority.'"