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Belkis Wille

Belkis Wille

Senior Iraq Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division Follow @belkiswille

Belkis Wille, senior Iraq researcher in the Middle East and North Africa division, investigates human rights abuses in Iraq. She produces detailed reports, news releases, and op-eds based on her findings and conducts local and international advocacy. Before taking up this position, she was the Kuwait, Qatar and Yemen researcher, based in Sanaa, for three and a half years. Previously, Wille worked at the Geneva-based World Organisation Against Torture, carrying out advocacy and trainings on torture prevention in Libya. Wille received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, her graduate diploma in law from City University London, and her LLM in human rights and humanitarian law from the University of Essex. She speaks English, German, French, and Arabic.

Videos

From HRW

  • July 22, 2019 Video

    Video: Water Crisis in Basra

  • April 19, 2018 Video

    Video: Iraqi Officials Hide Potential War Crime Evidence

  • March 21, 2017 Video

    Video - ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave in Iraq

Articles Authored

  • January 8, 2015 Dispatches

    Dispatches: An Overshadowed Atrocity

  • September 23, 2014 Commentary

    What Yemen's Donors Need to Know

    Published in The Huffington Post
  • June 26, 2014 Commentary

    Yemen: Prosecute Officials for Abusing Migrants

    Published in Yemen Times
  • June 10, 2014 Commentary

    Yemen’s Traffickers Run Torture Camps

    Published in GlobalPost
  • June 7, 2014 Dispatches

    Dispatches: In Kuwait, Deported for an Opinion

  • May 22, 2014 Dispatches

    Dispatches: Yemen Tries to Muzzle Al Jazeera Journalists

  • January 22, 2014 Impact

    Dispatches: Ending Child Marriage in Yemen

  • September 22, 2013 Commentary

    'I cannot live with my family anymore — my work puts them in danger'

    Published in Global Post
  • July 16, 2013 Commentary

    A troubling trend in Kuwait: punishment for offending the emir on Twitter

    Published in Global Post
  • July 15, 2013 Commentary

    Being Transgender in Kuwait: “My Biggest Fear Is a Flat Tire”

    Published in Muftah

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Reports Authored

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    September 27, 2018

    “Life Without a Father is Meaningless”

    Arbitrary Arrests and Enforced Disappearances in Iraq 2014-2017

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