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- 1 2 3 4 5 "Suriname 2014 Crime and Safety Report", Overseas Security Advisory Council, US State Department, 22 August 2014.
- ↑ ""Gay men in Suriname accuse police of assault and mistreatment", [[Jamaica Observer]], September 12, 2014". Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Suriname police the rudest - UN report", Stabroek News, February 27, 2012.
