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Legislation on rape, including in cases where perpetrators falsely represent themselves as someone else, was amended. Special legislation was passed to grant people displaced from Ukraine temporary protection. The authorities revoked residence permits of several Syrian and Afghan refugees and placed them in return centres. The Supreme Court absolved the Ministry of Defence of responsibility for the torture of Iraqi civilians during a joint operation in Iraq in 2004.

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