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EU Observer: People Helping Migrants 'increasingly persecuted in EU'

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“People rescuing migrants and asylum seekers face increasing persecution by national authorities”

VICE: Cops in Colombia Were Caught on Video Brutalizing This Protester. His Family Wants Answers.

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“Then there’s a pattern of arbitrary detentions on a massive scale, sometimes accompanied by serial beatings and other actions described as torture by, among other groups, the World Organization Against Torture.”

The Irish Times: Taliban accused of ‘dismantling’ rights and protections in Afghanistan

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“In the 29-page report released on Tuesday , to coincide with the opening of the UN General Assembly, Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights and the World Organisation Against Torture say the Taliban had promised “a general amnesty for all previous government workers, respect [for] women’s rights in accordance with their interpretation of Sharia law, and that journalists would be protected”.

EuroNews: Human rights watchdogs seek German investigation of Belarusian security members

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“There is clear evidence that torture was used intentionally and that it was widespread and systematic, thus reaching the threshold of crimes against humanity,” OMCT Secretary General Gerald Staberock said in the statement.

Daily Nation: Film festival offers Tunisian inmates rare escape

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Gabriel Reiter, OMCT's Tunisia director, said the project was aimed to "offer inmates a moment of relief, to have them participate in something truly pleasant.”