Rights group: Torture in Brazil still a problem
Rights group: Torture in Brazil still a problem
By STAN LEHMAN, Associated Press | July 28, 2014 | Updated: July 28, 2014 3:59pm
SAO PAULO (AP) — Torture remains a serious problem in Brazil despite government efforts to curb it, a leading human rights group said Monday.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in an emailed statement that it found evidence showing that since 2010, security forces and prison authorities practiced cruel and inhumane treatment against 64 people in their custody.
The group said more than 150 police officers and prison guards were involved in torture and cruel treatment inside detention centers, police stations and vehicles in the states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Espirito Santo and Parana.
Ideli Salvatti, head of the government's Human Rights Secretariat, welcomed the group's observations.
"They helped to spotlight what we have been saying for years — that because of many factors like 300 years of slavery and several military dictatorships, torture has unfortunately become an acceptable and ingrained practice in our country," Salvatti said by telephone.
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