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Oct 10, 2006
Articles: Bar Deportations to Torture in Iran, Says HRW
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By VZ
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(BRUSSELS, Belgium, EU). As the Netherlands mulls resuming deportations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender asylum seekers back to Iran, and Sweden begins such deportations again, both European governments must adhere to their international legal obligations not to send people back to the risk of torture, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. In letters to Dutch and Swedish authorities, Human Rights Watch said that states cannot return people to countries where they face torture, ill-treatment or death.
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