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UN probe slams 'repressive' police response to Chile protests

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Chilean police responded to recent mass protests in "a fundamentally repressive manner", UN investigator says. SOUNDBITE of Imma Guerras-Delgado, mission chief in Chile for UN Human rights High Commissioner Office

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