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4 March 2016

On 1 March 2016, human rights defender Mr Issa Amro was released, having been arrested on 29 February 2016. The human rights defender faces charges of organising illegal protests.Front Line Defenders urges the Israeli authorities to cease any further harassment of human rights defender Farid Al-Atrash and and drop any charges which may be outstanding against him.

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10 March 2016

On 16 March 2016, human rights defender Mr Igor Kalyapin, head of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG), was attacked by a group of approximately 15 unidentified masked men during a visit to Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic. On the previous day, the office of  the JMG in Grozny was raided by the police. Front Line Defenders urges the Russian authorities to carry out an immediate, thorough and impartial investigation into the attack on Igor Kalyapin and raid on the office of Joint Mobile Group

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