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Tortured and terrorised by the state, this Russian Muslim now faces deportation

The sudden revocation of a Russian-Palestinian citizen’s passport pulls at the thread of a murky and murderous investigation into Islamic State. RU

By Irina Slavina
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Al-Tbahi Visam Mohamed Farhat with two of his daughters.

Al-Tbahi Visam Mohamed Farhat, born in Hebron, Palestine, is fighting for his right to live and bring up his children in Nizhny Novgorod. But as this story shows, the Russian regional authorities’ decision to revoke his Russian citizenship is tied to a long-standing terrorism investigation that is more than dubious.

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