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Map of Chad - Sudan Border
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Darfur: New Attacks in Chad Documented
Cross-Border Raids Threaten Thousands of Civilians

Militias based in Darfur are launching cross-border raids on villages in Chad on an almost daily basis, killing civilians, burning villages, and stealing cattle in a pattern of attacks that show signs of ethnic bias.
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Entrenching Impunity Crisis in Darfur  
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In January 2005, the General People’s Congress abolished Libya’s extraordinary court, the People’s Court, which had heard most political and security cases and was notorious for politically motivated judgments and biased trials. Cases under the court’s review at the time of its closure were transferred to regular criminal courts, like this Court of Appeals in Benghazi. (c) Fred Abrahams/Human Rights Watch 2005 Libya: Need to Deepen Rights Reform
14 Political Prisoners Released.
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A Russian soldier pulls a cartload of coal to heat a military base in Raos, near Moscow, February 22, 2002. Dozens of new conscripts die every year as a result of ‘hazing’(© Dima Korotayev/Reuters). The Wrongs of Passage
Inhuman and Degrading Treatment of New Recruits in the Russian Armed Forces
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Saudi Arabia: Follow U.N. Call to End Juvenile Death Penalty
Hamas Must Order Permanent End to Civilian Attacks
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HIV/AIDS Activist Steve Harvey Mourned
U.S. and Cuban Policies Forcibly Separate Families

Europe and Central Asia
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Uzbekistan: Stop Harassment of Activists
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