"captive release"

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28 October 2025

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation speaks to the press at the United Nations Headquarters on October 27, 2025 in New York City. Reports have emerged that journalists and government critics, including the LGBTQ community have been deemed to be extremists and terrorists by the Russian government.Torture, rape and extensive jail sentences are examples of human rights violations that the aforementioned groups have suffered at the hands of thier captors. Katzarova stressed that human rights defenders have to hold the Russian government accountable for its actions without fear of recrimination and that people, mostly Ukrainians, have to be released from prison immediatley.

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28 October 2025

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation speaks to the press at the United Nations Headquarters on October 27, 2025 in New York City. Reports have emerged that journalists and government critics, including the LGBTQ community have been deemed to be extremists and terrorists by the Russian government.Torture, rape and extensive jail sentences are examples of human rights violations that the aforementioned groups have suffered at the hands of thier captors. Katzarova stressed that human rights defenders have to hold the Russian government accountable for its actions without fear of recrimination and that people, mostly Ukrainians, have to be released from prison immediatley.

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#12920046

28 October 2025

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation speaks to the press at the United Nations Headquarters on October 27, 2025 in New York City. Reports have emerged that journalists and government critics, including the LGBTQ community have been deemed to be extremists and terrorists by the Russian government.Torture, rape and extensive jail sentences are examples of human rights violations that the aforementioned groups have suffered at the hands of thier captors. Katzarova stressed that human rights defenders have to hold the Russian government accountable for its actions without fear of recrimination and that people, mostly Ukrainians, have to be released from prison immediatley.

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#12920047

28 October 2025

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation speaks to the press at the United Nations Headquarters on October 27, 2025 in New York City. Reports have emerged that journalists and government critics, including the LGBTQ community have been deemed to be extremists and terrorists by the Russian government.Torture, rape and extensive jail sentences are examples of human rights violations that the aforementioned groups have suffered at the hands of thier captors. Katzarova stressed that human rights defenders have to hold the Russian government accountable for its actions without fear of recrimination and that people, mostly Ukrainians, have to be released from prison immediatley.

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#12920048

28 October 2025

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation speaks to the press at the United Nations Headquarters on October 27, 2025 in New York City. Reports have emerged that journalists and government critics, including the LGBTQ community have been deemed to be extremists and terrorists by the Russian government.Torture, rape and extensive jail sentences are examples of human rights violations that the aforementioned groups have suffered at the hands of thier captors. Katzarova stressed that human rights defenders have to hold the Russian government accountable for its actions without fear of recrimination and that people, mostly Ukrainians, have to be released from prison immediatley.

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#12920036

28 October 2025

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation speaks to the press at the United Nations Headquarters on October 27, 2025 in New York City. Reports have emerged that journalists and government critics, including the LGBTQ community have been deemed to be extremists and terrorists by the Russian government.Torture, rape and extensive jail sentences are examples of human rights violations that the aforementioned groups have suffered at the hands of thier captors. Katzarova stressed that human rights defenders have to hold the Russian government accountable for its actions without fear of recrimination and that people, mostly Ukrainians, have to be released from prison immediatley.

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#12660540

19 August 2025

Nepali protestors hold placards demanding the release of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student held captive by Hamas since October 2023 after the attack on Israel, during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 19, 2025. Ten Nepali students die in the October 2023 attack by Hamas in Israeli territories. Joshi is one of the abducted foreign nationals whose whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. Joshi, along with other Nepali students, is in Israel's Kibbutz (near the Gaza area) from Sudurpaschim University under the learn and earn program of the Israeli government during the attack.

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#12660541

19 August 2025

Nepali protestors hold placards demanding the release of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student held captive by Hamas since October 2023 after the attack on Israel, during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 19, 2025. Ten Nepali students die in the October 2023 attack by Hamas in Israeli territories. Joshi is one of the abducted foreign nationals whose whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. Joshi, along with other Nepali students, is in Israel's Kibbutz (near the Gaza area) from Sudurpaschim University under the learn and earn program of the Israeli government during the attack.

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19 August 2025

Nepali protestors hold placards demanding the release of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student held captive by Hamas since October 2023 after the attack on Israel, during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 19, 2025. Ten Nepali students die in the October 2023 attack by Hamas in Israeli territories. Joshi is one of the abducted foreign nationals whose whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. Joshi, along with other Nepali students, is in Israel's Kibbutz (near the Gaza area) from Sudurpaschim University under the learn and earn program of the Israeli government during the attack.

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#12660543

19 August 2025

Nepali protestors hold placards demanding the release of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student held captive by Hamas since October 2023 after the attack on Israel, during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 19, 2025. Ten Nepali students die in the October 2023 attack by Hamas in Israeli territories. Joshi is one of the abducted foreign nationals whose whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. Joshi, along with other Nepali students, is in Israel's Kibbutz (near the Gaza area) from Sudurpaschim University under the learn and earn program of the Israeli government during the attack.

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#12660544

19 August 2025

Nepali protestors hold placards demanding the release of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student held captive by Hamas since October 2023 after the attack on Israel, during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 19, 2025. Ten Nepali students die in the October 2023 attack by Hamas in Israeli territories. Joshi is one of the abducted foreign nationals whose whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. Joshi, along with other Nepali students, is in Israel's Kibbutz (near the Gaza area) from Sudurpaschim University under the learn and earn program of the Israeli government during the attack.

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19 August 2025

Nepali protestors hold placards demanding the release of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student held captive by Hamas since October 2023 after the attack on Israel, during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 19, 2025. Ten Nepali students die in the October 2023 attack by Hamas in Israeli territories. Joshi is one of the abducted foreign nationals whose whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. Joshi, along with other Nepali students, is in Israel's Kibbutz (near the Gaza area) from Sudurpaschim University under the learn and earn program of the Israeli government during the attack.

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19 August 2025

Nepali protestors hold placards demanding the release of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student held captive by Hamas since October 2023 after the attack on Israel, during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 19, 2025. Ten Nepali students die in the October 2023 attack by Hamas in Israeli territories. Joshi is one of the abducted foreign nationals whose whereabouts are yet to be ascertained. Joshi, along with other Nepali students, is in Israel's Kibbutz (near the Gaza area) from Sudurpaschim University under the learn and earn program of the Israeli government during the attack.

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17 August 2025

Israelis protest at HaOgen Junction in Israel, on August 17, 2025, urging the government to reach a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza during a one-day strike that disrupts traffic and businesses.

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#12357862

12 May 2025

A crowd gathers at Huyler Park awaiting the release of Edan Alexander, a local son and Hamas captive, in Tenafly, New Jersey, United States, on May 12, 2025. A screen shows a live broadcast from Israel projected to the crowd as attendees wear Israeli attire, flags, and show support. The crowd also watches President Donald J. Trump's press conference from the White House.

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12 May 2025

A crowd gathers at Huyler Park awaiting the release of Edan Alexander, a local son and Hamas captive, in Tenafly, New Jersey, United States, on May 12, 2025. A screen shows a live broadcast from Israel projected to the crowd as attendees wear Israeli attire, flags, and show support. The crowd also watches President Donald J. Trump's press conference from the White House.

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