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June 7, 2023 Dispatches

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 Defendants listen to the verdict in their trial on charges related to the July 2022 protests in Nukus, the main city in Karakalpakstan, at a court in Bukhara, Uzbekistan on January 31, 2023.
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Germany, Namibia Need a Rights-Respecting Reparations Process

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Poland: New Law to Bar People from Public Office

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