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Venezuela: UN rights chief decries excessive force used against protesters
Source: Agence France-Presse
Venezuela: UN rights chief decries excessive force used against protesters
Agence France-Presse in Geneva
Tuesday 8 August 2017 11.37 BST
The UN has decried “widespread and systematic use of excessive force” against demonstrators in Venezuela, saying security forces and pro-government groups were responsible for the deaths of at least 73 protesters.
Presenting the preliminary findings from an investigation conducted in June and July, the UN rights office described “a picture of widespread and systematic use of excessive force and arbitrary detentions against demonstrators in Venezuela”.
“Witness accounts suggest that security forces, mainly the national guard, the national police and local police forces, have systematically used disproportionate force to instil fear, crush dissent and to prevent demonstrators from assembling, rallying and reaching public institutions to present petitions,” the rights office said.
“Government authorities have rarely condemned such incidents,” it said.
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Agence France-Presse in Geneva
Tuesday 8 August 2017 11.37 BST
The UN has decried “widespread and systematic use of excessive force” against demonstrators in Venezuela, saying security forces and pro-government groups were responsible for the deaths of at least 73 protesters.
Presenting the preliminary findings from an investigation conducted in June and July, the UN rights office described “a picture of widespread and systematic use of excessive force and arbitrary detentions against demonstrators in Venezuela”.
“Witness accounts suggest that security forces, mainly the national guard, the national police and local police forces, have systematically used disproportionate force to instil fear, crush dissent and to prevent demonstrators from assembling, rallying and reaching public institutions to present petitions,” the rights office said.
“Government authorities have rarely condemned such incidents,” it said.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/08/venezuela-un-rights-chief-decries-excessive-force-used-against-protesters