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The Council of Europe (CoE) identified a ‘clear pattern’ of physical abuse and torture in the context of illegal pushbacks of migrants by law enforcement officials, according to the annual report of the CoE anti-torture committee revealed on Thursday (30 March).
On Saturday, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu issued a statement demanding that all Russian nationals be expelled from positions they hold in the Council of Europe. — Ukrinform.
Russian cosmonaut Valery Ryumin, who flew in space four times and set space-endurance records on Soviet missions, has died at the age of 82.
The Russian State Duma has passed a pair of bills to end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the country.
Efforts to bring traffickers to justice and to support their victims have been disrupted, says a European human rights body.. Read more at straitstimes.com.