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At least 1,260 people, including more than 100 minors, have been detained in Venezuela’s post-election turmoil, while 23 deaths have been recorded, the UN Human Rights Council has reported. The figures come from an UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission to Venezuela and cover the period from July 28, when the South American country held its disputed election, to August 8. “Street protests, as well as criticism on social media, in the weeks following the election have been met with fierce repression by the State, as directed by its highest authorities, inducing a climate of widesprea…

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