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Chechens Seeking Asylum in Poland

Asylum seekers in the arrivals hall at Brest train station, returned on the 13.46 pm train from Terespol, where their requests to seek asylum Poland were rejected. Brest, Belarus, December 7, 2016.
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Kenya: Hope for Survivors of Political Violence

Nafula K.,46, was gang raped together with three other women by four men in January 2008 while at an IDP camp.
March 7, 2017 Letter

Support consensus renewal of the mandate of Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders

Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

March 7, 2017 Dispatches

Jailing the Messenger in Azerbaijan

Outspoken Journalist Imprisoned After Going Public About Police Abuse

Mehman Huseynov.
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March 6, 2017 News Release

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