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A team of Master of Human Rights students has submitted their research on the harassment and surveillance of anti-police brutality activists in the Twin Cities to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The research, which includes interviews with three local human rights defenders working against police brutality and systemic racism, will inform OHCHR’s upcoming report on racially discriminatory practices in law enforcement and human rights violations against persons of African descent. The submission can be viewed online and will soon be published to the OHCHR website.

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