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Don't Count on it: Refuge at Embassy
Don't count on finding refuge at an embassy. Not every country permits it. Those that do, may enforce severe restrictions. Generally, the circumstances must be very special. A current example is the deadlock between the government of Peru and Amazonian indigenous groups that resulted in the groups' leader seeking safe haven in the embassy of Nicaragua, as reported by the Environment News Service on June 15, 2009. -- Clemens Kochinke, partner, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington, DC.
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