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Since 2006, thousands of migrants, accused of setting out from Mauritania with the intention of entering the Canary Islands irregularly, have been arrested, then ...

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Bulgaria: First Sofia Pride needs adequate protection
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 15/002/2008 (Public). Date: 27 June 2008. Bulgaria: First Sofia Pride needs adequate protection. ...

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Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The verdict followed a closed trial session ...

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Turkmenistan: No effective human rights reform
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The report focuses on human rights developments since President Saparmurad Niyazov’s death in December 2006 up until 12 June 2008 and highlights patterns of ...

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According to sources close to him, journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam was given a further three months’ detention on 7 June 2008. Despite a request ...

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Members of the armed forces have threatened inhabitants of the Naya River basin by telling them that paramilitary groups are returning to the area. The paramilitary ...

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