Venezuela: Death toll will keep rising unless all sides commit to human rights

Headline Title: Venezuela: Death toll will keep rising unless all sides commit to human rights 13 March 2014 The death toll of at least 25 after a month of massive public demonstrations for and against the government in Venezuela will keep rising unless all sides commit to human rights, Amnesty International said following three new deaths on Wednesday.A police officer, a student and a third man died yesterday in separate incidents in Valencia, the country’s third-largest city, 170km west of Caracas.“In such a polarized political context the bloodshed will only continue unless the…

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