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The 9 were among 12 lawyers arrested, 11 during early morning raids on January 18, and 1 on January 20.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123023709/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/22/italy-summary-returns-greece-violate-rights">Italy: Summary Returns to Greece Violate Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 22, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Italy is summarily returning unaccompanied migrant children and adult asylum seekers to Greece, where they face a dysfunctional asylum system and abusive detention conditions, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. Stowaways on ferries from Greece, including children as young as 13, are sent back by Italian authorities within hours without adequate consideration of their particular needs as children or their desire to apply for asylum.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123023709/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/21/russia-investigate-death-threats-against-defender">Russia: Investigate Death Threats Against Defender</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 21, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Russian authorities should investigate death threats against Vitalii Ponomarev, the lead Central Asia expert with Memorial Human Rights Center. The investigation should be prompt and comprehensive, and Russia should seek cooperation from Uzbek authorities to ensure its thoroughness.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123023709/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/21/france-approve-marriage-equality">France: Approve Marriage Equality</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 21, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The French National Assembly should approve a bill for marriage equality. Supporters of the government’s plans for marriage equality will hold a demonstration on January 27, 2013, in Paris. More than 300,000 people opposing the measure held a protest on January 13.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123023709/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/21/letter-members-french-parliament">Letter to Members of the French Parliament</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 21, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">On the eve of your parliamentary debates regarding whether to support marriage equality in France, I invite you to look to another European country that went through the same discussions and soul-searching about 15 years ago. In 1994, as a member of the Dutch parliament, I proposed to introduce marriage equality legislation. Years of debate ensued, in part because nowhere else in the world had such legislation been introduced.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123023709/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/19/another-greek-crisis-needs-eu-s-attention">Another Greek Crisis That Needs the EU’s Attention</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Last year was very tough for Greece, and there are few prospects that 2013 will be easier. Millions of people have been directly affected by the sweeping austerity measures arising from the economic crisis. The country is convulsed by political tensions, with the rise of the far-right Golden Dawn party the most worrying example. And there are severe social problems, linked in part to the huge influx in recent years of irregular migrants from outside the European Union.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123023709/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/18/egypt-don-t-force-palestinians-back-syria">Egypt: Don’t Force Palestinians Back to Syria</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 18, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Two Palestinians being held at the Cairo airport, apparently refused entry to Egypt, are at risk of deportation to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123023709/http://www.hrw.org/middle-eastn-africa/syria"><font color="#0000ff">Syria</font></a>. The man and his son would face indiscriminate violence and possible persecution if returned to Syria.</span></span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123023709/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/18/hungary-s-alarming-climate-intolerance">Hungary’s Alarming Climate of Intolerance</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 18, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A prominent columnist calls for a “final solution” for Hungary’s Roma population. A member of parliament calls for drawing up a list of Jewish people involved in Hungarian politics. Two-thirds of those asked in an opinion poll say they wouldn’t let their child be friends with a Romani child. 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