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Russia Is Still Penalizing Peaceful Protesters
An appeal court in Moscow has upheld a four-year prison sentence against Konstantin Kotov for repeated violations of Russia’s restrictive rules on public assemblies.
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Subject to Whim
The Treatment of Unaccompanied Migrant Children in the French Hautes-Alpes
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“No Year without Deaths”
A Decade of Deregulation Puts Georgian Miners at Risk
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Kazakhstan: Children in Institutions Isolated, Abused
End Institutionalization, Provide Community-Based Support
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Brussels: Innovative Mental Health Support
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Russia Censors LGBT Online Groups
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France Should Hold Firm Against Saudi Abuses
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Charting Progress in Mirziyoyev’s Uzbekistan
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Belarus: Tajik Activist Faces Unlawful Extradition
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The “Moscow Case”: What You Need to Know
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Unpacking Brexit: the UK’s Decision to Leave the European Union
So what does Brexit mean for human rights? Stephanie Hancock spoke to Benjamin Ward, acting UK director at Human Rights Watch.
Interview: The Law Damaging Russia's LGBT Children
How Russia can help protect its LGBT youth from further harm
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Trapped
Lesbos, a postcard-perfect vacation island in the northern Aegean Sea, is a haven for people fleeing war in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. It symbolizes the hope that somewhere in Europe there is refuge. It is also a graveyard for the countless corpses that have washed ashore on its beautiful coastline. And it’s hell for the thousands who are trapped there, victims of the European Union’s determination to stem the tide of asylum seekers and other migrants by sending a message that they are unwelcome. For all of its natural beauty, there is much fear on Lesbos. Fear caused by the traumas of war, violence and displacement and of harsh camp conditions, insecurity and uncertain futures. Fear of rejection, detention, and deportation. Fear of going to the toilet in the dark at night, or not eating after two hours in a food line. Fear of lice and scabies. Fear of winter, cold and damp.
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Saving Lives at Sea
Metal towers of lights reached out of the sea and flames belched into the midnight sky as the Aquarius reached Bouri Field, the largest oilfield in the Mediterranean, about 65 nautical miles north of Libya. I had been sitting cross-legged on deck of this rescue ship, listening to a group of West African men telling unbearable stories of captivity and brutality in Libya, the country they had just fled. Amadou concluded, to earnest nods all around, “God left Libya a long time ago.”
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Exodus: Asylum Seekers Flee Into Europe
“What will happen to us?” “Will they fingerprint us?” was the constant refrain as we watched a human wave of asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan crossing the Serbia-Hungary border.
