FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of the building of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in Caracas, Venezuela June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
CARACAS/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations slammed Venezuela on Tuesday for the use of excessive force against anti-government protesters and said security forces and pro-government groups were believed responsible for the deaths of at least 73 demonstrators since April.
Abuses of protesters, including torture, were part of "the breakdown of the rule of law" in the South American OPEC member country," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said in a statement.
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