02.02.2012 - Source: 
UK Border Agency (Home Office) 
Myanmar: "Country of Origin Information Report; Burma (Myanmar)"
Country report of February 2012 [ID 209556]
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01.02.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Afghanistan: "Man In Afghan Army Uniform Kills NATO Soldier"
Helmand province: NATO soldier killed by man wearing an Afghan army uniform during night patrol [ID 209501]
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01.02.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Kazakhstan: "Kazakhstan: Jailed Human Rights Defender Amnestied"
Prominent human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis granted amnesty after serving more than a half of his 4-year jail sentence for manslaughter [ID 209502]
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02.2012 - Source: Amnesty International
Azerbaijan: ""Sie können uns nicht zerstören""
Activist and blogger Jabbar Savalan was arrested on 5 February 2011 and sentenced to 2 and half years imprisonment for alleged possession of drugs; on 26 December 2011, he was released under a general amnesty [ID 209356]
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02.2012 - Source: Amnesty International
Russian Federation: "Aufbruch der Empörten"
Brief report on protests following December 2011 parliamentary elections [ID 209353]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Ukraine: "Ukraine Ex-Governor, Tymoshenko Ally Faces Charges"
Ex-governor and onetime political ally of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Arsen Avakov, charged with abuse of power [ID 209497]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan: "a-7870 (ACC-AFG-7870)"
Situation of Afghan employees of the UN (threats by the Taliban) [ID 209514]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Reporters Sans Frontières
Russian Federation: "Office of opposition newspaper destroyed in firebomb attack"
Perm region: Editorial offices of the opposition weekly "Vecherny Krasnokamsk" destroyed in arson attack on 28 January [ID 209406]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Civil Georgia
Georgia: "Sokhumi Slams Tbilisi's Neutral Travel Documents"
According to Abkhazia's foreign ministry, Tbilisi's status neutral travel documents designed for residents of the country's breakaway regions are causing "the isolation of Abkhazia" [ID 209400]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Kazakhstan: "State Of Emergency Lifted In Kazakh Oil Town"
Zhanaozen: State of emergency declared in mid-December after 16 people were killed in clashes between striking oil workers and police has been lifted [ID 209492]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Kyrgyzstan: "Kyrgyzstan: Life Sentence Upheld For Fugitive Uzbek Leader "
Jalal-Abad province: Court upholds life sentence for fugitive leader of local ethnic Uzbeks, Kadyrjan Batyrov [ID 209494]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Pakistan: "Dozens Reported Killed As Pakistan Army, Taliban Fight For Mountaintop"
Kurram tribal region: 10 soldiers and at least 40 militants killed as more than 300 Taliban fighters attack a military post, according to military officials [ID 209495]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
China: "China Raising Security Over Tibet Protests"
Tibet: Top official orders tightened security in Buddhist monasteries and along key roads in order to prevent further protests and clashes [ID 209473]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
China: "Another Chinese Dissident On Trial For Subversion"
Hangzhou: Dissident writer Zhu Yufu goes on trial for inciting subversion, according to reports [ID 209472]
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31.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Iraq: "New Directive On 'Modest' Dress Outrages Iraq's Female Civil Servants "
Female civil servants are outraged over a new government directive telling them to wear "modest" clothing [ID 209493]
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30.01.2012 - Source: World Organisation Against Torture
Senegal: "Les autorités doivent libérer les militants politiques et défenseurs des droits de l'Homme"
Since the publication of the official list of candidates for the February 2012 presidential election, authorities have arrested and summoned several political opponents and human rights defenders [ID 209452]
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30.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Afghanistan: "Afghan Man Suspected Of Killing Wife After Daughter Born"
Kunduz province: Afghan man allegedly kills his wife she gives birth to a third daughter; the man had apparently hoped for a son [ID 209469]
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30.01.2012 - Source: Guardian
Côte d'Ivoire: "Ivory Coast forced to drop free public healthcare system due to rising costs"
After February 2012, the free healthcare service will only be available to mothers and their children under six years of age; consultation fees will drop from 1,000 to 650 CFA francs [ID 209248]
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30.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Somalia: "Somalia's Islamist Rebels Ban ICRC"
Islamist rebel group al-Shabaab orders the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) out of areas the group controls, claiming the organisation was distributing food to the local population that was past its expiry date and because it had "falsely" accused the Islamist group of hindering food distribution [ID 209471]
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30.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Pakistan: "Suicide Bomber Kills At Least Three In Pakistan"
Peshawar: Haji Akhunzada, a commander of the Islamist militant group Ansar ul-Islam, and at least 2 other people killed by suicide bomber; officials blame the rival militant group Lashkar-e-Islam for the attack [ID 209470]
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29.01.2012 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Russian Federation: "Office of Russian Opposition Newspaper Firebombed"
Perm region: Office of a newspaper published by the opposition Yabloko party destroyed in attack with a Molotov cocktail; no one was injured in the incident [ID 209467]
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29.01.2012 - Source: Civil Georgia
Georgia: "Seven Protesters Fined and Released"
Tbilisi: 7 participants of a protest rally held to mark sixth anniversary of the killing of Sandro Girgvliani arrested on 28 January; on the same day, they were fined on charges of petty hooliganism and disobedience to police orders and released [ID 209398]
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29.01.2012 - Source: Reuters
Pakistan: "FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Jan 29" , Author: AlertNet
Update on security developments (29 January 2012) [ID 209344]
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29.01.2012 - Source: Reuters
Iraq: "FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, January 29" , Author: AlertNet
Update on security developments (29 January 2012) [ID 209310]
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29.01.2012 - Source: BBC News
Syrian Arab Republic: "Syria army moves to wrest Damascus suburbs from rebels"
Damascus: Army moves to retake control of suburbs from rebel forces, according to activists [ID 209228]
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