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Europe's Top Human Rights Organization Restores Russia's Voting Rights

6:09pm June 25, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The Kremlin calls it "a victory of common sense." It is also a big step forward for Moscow to normalize relations with European member states after annexing Crimea in 2014.

Outgoing European human rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks (L) shares a joke with the Dalai Lama at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, in 2016.

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'It's A Very Different World Now,' Says Outgoing Human Rights Commissioner

7:00pm April 19, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Nils Muiznieks has worked with the Council of Europe for the last six years. He shares his thoughts on the state of human rights, cultural racism, and the threat of war, genocide, and dictatorship.

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