Víctor Navarro
Víctor Navarro | |
|---|---|
 Victor Navarro in 2024 | |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Human rights activism |
| Notable work | Helicoide, a virtual reality experience |
Víctor Navarro is a Venezuelan journalist, human rights activist, and former political prisoner. He now operates a human rights NGO, Voces de la Memoria, and developed a virtual reality experience of the human rights abuses Venezuelan political prisoners face.
Biography
[edit]Navarro had worked as a journalist in Caracas while completing his university thesis. Due to his writings critical of the Maduro government, he was arbitrarily detained in 2018 at the age of 22 and held in El Helicoide, Venezuela's clandestine torture facility. He underwent physical and psychological abuse, but was able to secure his release when, under duress, he affirmed Maduro was the legitimate president of Venezuela. He then fled for Argentina where he now lives as an exile.[1][2]
He is the executive director of Voces de la Memoria, an NGO focused on integrating technology for human rights activism. Most recently, Voces de la Memoria developed Helicoide, a virtual reality experience, which recreates the torturous experience of political prisoner's in El Helicoide.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Víctor Navarro, the prisoner of El Helicoide that nobody talks about". El Estimulo. June 1, 2018.
- ^ "Venezuelan journalist denounces the torture of the Maduro regime "they put a loaded gun in my mouth"". PR Noticias. September 26, 2022.
- ^ "Dos ex presos políticos de Maduro relataron sus experiencias en el Helicoide: "La gente es electrocutada, ahogada, asfixiada y asesinada"". Infobae. June 6, 2023.
- ^ "The story of a survivor of the "terror machine" of Nicolás Maduro: "I did not see the sun for five months"". TN International. September 24, 2022.