Rights group: systematic violations in Venezuela

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO

Published May 5, 2014 4:15pm ET

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Rights group: systematic violations in Venezuela — FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2014 file photo, Bolivarian National Guard officers advance on a motorcycle as security forces disperse an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela. A Human Rights Watch report released Monday, May 5, 2014 says dozens of protesters have been subject to serious physical and psychological abuse by government security forces during protests that have left at least 41 dead since February. Venezuela's government blames protesters for most of the violence and abuses and says 15 officials are under investigation for alleged human rights violations. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File) | Fernando Llano

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judges and prosecutors in Venezuela have repeatedly ignored evidence of systematic human rights abuses by government security forces, a prominent human rights group said Monday.

Human Rights Watch said in a new report that dozens of unarmed protesters have been subject to serious physical and psychological abuse during protests that have left at least 41 dead since February. Abuses have included broken bones, denial of medical treatment and threats of rape or death.

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