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IPU decries hold on Venezuelan lawmakers prevented from travel

The Inter-Parliamentary Union said members of Venezuela's parliament were barred from leaving the country.

Qatar's Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel
Qatar's Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel, host of the IPU's 140th Assembly (AN/Matt Kieffer) 

GENEVA (AN) — An international organization of 178 parliaments condemned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government for barring lawmakers from traveling to a global assembly.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union said it has learned that members of Venezuela's parliament were prevented from leaving the country to attend the 140th IPU Assembly in Doha, Qatar this week.

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