I think there may be some evidence of physical risk, but it's a non-welcoming environment for them to work in, and that's the challenge they face. You can identify some countries where human rights advocates are aggressed physically or may suffer a worse fate than that. I would say Venezuela is not a welcoming environment, and often the NGOs find themselves attacked by the government. Even among the NGO community itself, there's debate about whether you should work with government or not. It's a difficult environment to work in and not a very welcoming one. Canada's view is that we should step up and try to assist, because these are fundamental values no matter what the nature of the government.
On October 23rd, 2012. See this statement in context.