The Middle East's Refugee Crisis
/The UNHCR's Global Trends 2013 Report highlights Middle Eastern crises and their impact on the world's rapidly rising number of displaced persons
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The UNHCR's Global Trends 2013 Report highlights Middle Eastern crises and their impact on the world's rapidly rising number of displaced persons
Photo credit: United Nations Photo
Read MoreThe CSF serves as first line of defense when Egyptian authorities seek to quell demonstrations quickly, often using excessive, and at times deadly, force to suppress protests. Even though this paramilitary organization acts as an instrument of oppression and abuse against citizens, its conscripts are regularly subjected to severe mistreatment from their commanding officers and superiors.
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