HRW Finds Venezuela Denying Rights to Opposition Protesters

A human rights group says Venezuela's legal system has long ignored the unlawful use of force by Venezuela's security services against anti-government demonstrators. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says in a report that dozens of unarmed protesters have been subjected to serious physical and psychological abuse during protests in which 41 people have died since February. Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director for the group, says the scale of rights violations, and the involvement...

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