Should the UK back ICC torture case against Nicolas Maduro?

Tamara Suju asks UK to join six countries pressing for investigation

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Dominic Raab, the UK foreign secretary, has been urged to support a legal case arguing that the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro has systematically tortured its people.

The call came from leading Venezuela human rights campaigner Tamara Suju who visited London to persuade Britain to join six countries in pressuring the international criminal court (ICC) to pursue a case against the Venezuelan regime.

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