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Amnesty International: 1,500 Nigerians Killed in Boko Haram Violence in 2014

Amnesty International said 1,500 people have been killed this year in an escalating armed conflict between Boko Haram insurgents and Nigerian security forces. Amnesty said more than half the victims were civilians.

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OSCE, Serbian Defence Ministry promote OSCE Code of Conduct on politico-military aspects of security

(L-R) Paula Thiede, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Zoran Djordjevic, the State Secretary of the Ministry of...

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Putin Lays Out Strategic Import of Crimea Annexation

We publish in this section the full text of Russian President Vladimir Putin's March 18 speech to the two chambers of the Russian parliament and other dignitaries, including leaders of Crimea who the week before, had announced their intention to...

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Turkey: total blocking access to YouTube contrary to the case-law of the ECHR

“Just prior to key local elections, the total blocking of access to YouTube is a further worrying development regarding freedom of expression and is contrary to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. Once again, it raises serious...

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