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'Tenacious' Kyrgyz lawyer and statelessness champion, wins prestigious UNHCR prize

A rights lawyer who took to horseback to help more than 10,000 stateless people gain nationality in Kyrgystan after the break-up of the Soviet Union, has been awarded the UN refugee agency’s prestigious 2019 Nansen Refugee Award.

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Africa must ‘value youth’ in the drive towards lasting peace, young envoy tells Security Council

Local youth join popular South Sudanese artist Emmanuel Kembe as he sings about peace,...

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Guinea: Crackdown on Right to Protest

The government of Guinea has effectively banned street protests for more than a year, citing threats to public security, Human Rights Watch said on Oct 03, 2019. Local authorities have prohibited at least 20 political or other demonstrations. Security...

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Athens urged to fast track asylum seekers amid island shelters crisis – UNHCR

A Syrian family from Idlib who have recently arrived in Lesvos, Greece, take shelter in an...