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In this video grab provided by the Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on Wednesday, July 26, 2018, a prisoner is beaten while handcuffed at the prison in Yaroslavl, Russia, about 270 kilometers (169 miles) north-east of Moscow. The video caused wide concern after the newspaper published it last week. Irina Biryukova, a lawyer who refused to reveal her location because of security concerns, obtained the video and says she doesn't intend to return to Russia until she is sure that all those involved have been arrested. (Novaya Gazeta via AP)

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Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, the Vatican's permanent observer to the U.N., called the report a reflection of the "good faith efforts" made by the church to address the abuse, but noted several points on which the two sides disagree. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this May 5, 2014 file photo Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See (Vatican) to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, delivers his statement during the UN torture committee hearing on the Vatican, at the headquarters of the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the Palais Wilson, in Geneva, Switzerland. The UN committee says Friday, May 23, 2014, the Vatican has effective control over bishops and priests around the world who must comply with a U.N. anti-torture treaty, a finding that could expose the Catholic Church to new lawsuits by victims of priestly sex abuse. The committee has repeatedly said rape and sexual violence can be considered torture cases, which in much of the world don&#8217;t carry statutes of limitations. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi, File)

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Pope Francis is greeted by faithful as he leaves St.Stanislaw church in Rome, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Pope Francis celebrated a mass for the Polish community in honor of newly sainted Pope John Paul II. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Last week in Geneva, Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, told the U.N. Committee Against Torture: "A little more than 10 years ago, our government was employing interrogation methods that, as President Obama has said, any fair-minded person would believe were torture." (AP Photo/U.S. State Department)

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