Truthout: Down the Imperial Memory Hole With Venezuela – Alfred de Zayas’ Human Rights Corner

Link to original article: https://truthout.org/articles/down-the-imperial-memory-hole-with-venezuela/ In George Orwell’s 1984, the dictatorship of Oceania controlled perceptions by continuous propaganda broadcast through the “telescreen” and constant updating of news print so that the past would conform to the lies of the present. The device used to discard any document contradicting the fakery of the present was called…
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EX-UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT BLASTS ‘MANIPULATION’ ON VENEZUELA: ‘WE ARE SWIMMING IN AN OCEAN OF LIES’ – Alfred de Zayas’ Human Rights Corner

Link to original article: https://popularresistance.org/ex-un-human-rights-expert-blasts-manipulation-on-venezuela-we-are-swimming-in-an-ocean-of-lies/

Above: Press Conference by Mr. Alfred de Zayas, Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order.

Former UN Special Rapporteur Alfred De Zayas Criticized The Human Rights Commissioner’s Past Reports On Venezuela, Calling Them “Unprofessional” And Politicized, Denouncing An “Ocean Of Lies” A former United Nations human…
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The Grayzone Testifies at the U.N. – ‘Humanitarian crisis in Venezuela: Propaganda vs. reality.’

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Published March 19, 2019.

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil spoke about Venezuela at a United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva on March 19. They joined former special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas on a panel titled “Humanitarian crisis in Venezuela: Propaganda vs. reality.”

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0:00 Intro

3:18 Max Blumenthal’s testimony

15:16 Anya Parampil’s testimony

27:56 The Grayzone video report

35:08 Alfred de Zayas’ testimony

Video edited by Ben Norton

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