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Russian authorities should stop harassing environmental activists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeniy Vitishko. Authorities have threatened to bring new criminal charges against Gazaryan, less than six months after he and another activist, Evgeniy Vitishko, were convicted of causing criminal damage following a flawed, politically motivated trial.

Zimbabwean migrants at a temporary shelter in South Africa.

All 57 OSCE participating States have committed themselves to effective human rights education training for their law enforcement officials.

Global humanitarian needs for 2013 presented by from right: WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amosand Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Michel Roy.

Iraqi authorities should investigate allegations of torture and unfair trials of Palestinians in Iraqi prisons. A recently concluded conference in Baghdad attended by the Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, addressed concerns about Palestinians held in Israeli jails, but did not examine allegations of serious abuses against Palestinians in Iraqi custody.

Special Representative Said Djinnit (centre) with representatives of Nigeria and Cameroon.

Syrian refugees queue for relief items at Jordan's Za'atri camp.

A social centre for boat people on Nauru (2008).

Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Yury Fedotov.