CARACAS: Security forces are punishing some Venezuelans who violate anti-coronavirus measures with physical exercise, sitting under the sun and even beating, witnesses and rights groups say.
Local rights groups say authorities are handing out such punishments around the country for infractions ranging from not queuing correctly for groceries to disobeying curfews. A man holding a backpack with an image of the eyes of late president Hugo Chavez walks off the punishment area set by security forces for people who disrespect social distancing measures, in the low income neighbourhood of Petare, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Caracas, Venezuela, on Aug 5, 2020.
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