‘Fierce repression’ of Venezuela election protests must end, UN rights team says

Human rights investigators say ‘escalating’ crackdown has seen 23 deaths and over 100 children and teens detainedUnited Nations human rights investigators have urged Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, to halt the “fierce repression” being perpetrated by his security forces after last month’s allegedly stolen presidential election.In a statement published two weeks after the 28 July vote, the UN’s fact-finding mission to Venezuela co