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field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707110439/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/16/italy-leadership-needed-rights">Italy: Leadership Needed on Rights </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 16, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Italy should take concrete steps to improve its human rights record and carry out the pledges it made as a new member of the United Nations Human Rights Council.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707110439/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/13/letter-unhcr-regarding-refugeeasylum-seeker-exchange-agreement-between-australia-and">Letter to UNHCR regarding the Refugee/Asylum Seeker Exchange Agreement between Australia and Malaysia</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 13, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>We are writing to express our concerns regarding the position of UNHCR on the pending refugee/asylum seeker agreement between Australia and Malaysia and to call on UNHCR not to endorse the agreement, regardless of undertakings the two parties might make in the final version.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707110439/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/13/malaysia-reject-refugee-swap-deal">Malaysia: Reject Refugee Swap Deal </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 13, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Malaysia should not sign an agreement to receive 800 asylum seekers from Australia because it cannot ensure that their rights would be respected.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707110439/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/13/letter-prime-minister-najib-razak-regarding-refugeeasylum-seeker-exchange-agreement-">Letter to Prime Minister Najib Razak regarding the Refugee/Asylum Seeker Exchange Agreement with Australia</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 13, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>We are writing to express our grave concerns about the planned agreement under which Malaysia will send 4,000 recognized refugees to Australia for resettlement in exchange for 800 asylum seekers forcibly transferred from Australia to Malaysia.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707110439/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/10/kazakhstan-forced-returns-uzbekistan-illegal">Kazakhstan: Forced Returns to Uzbekistan Illegal</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 10, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The Kazakh government has violated international law by forcibly returning at least 28 Uzbeks to Uzbekistan, putting their lives and well-being at risk.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707110439/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/07/kazakhstan-joint-letter-prosecutor-general-regarding-32-asylum-seekers">Kazakhstan: Joint Letter to the Prosecutor General regarding 32 Asylum Seekers</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 7, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>We, the undersigned international human rights organizations, are writing to express our grave concern about the possible extradition to Uzbekistan of 32 Uzbeks-two of whom are Tajik nationals-currently in custody in Almaty, Kazakhstan where they had sought asylum.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110707110439/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/07/kazakhstan-don-t-extradite-uzbeks-torture">Kazakhstan: Don’t Extradite Uzbeks to Torture</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 7, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Kazakh authorities should not extradite 32 detainees to Uzbekistan, where they face a real risk of torture.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class="last"><div 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