Commentary
For Afghan Refugees, There's No Going Back
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Gerry Simpson
Simpson has worked on the Afghan, Eritrean, Ivorian, Somali, Syrian and Zimbabwean refugee crises in Afghanistan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, South Africa and Turkey, and on the plight of internally displaced people in Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen and Sudan’s Southern Kordofan State.
Based in Geneva, Simpson regularly meets with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) to advocate on Human Rights Watch's refugee work worldwide and to press the agency to enhance its protection of refugees.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, Simpson worked as a human rights lawyer in London and then as an advocate and protection officer with Medecins sans Frontieres, the Norwegian Refugee Council and the International Rescue Committee's Emergency Team in numerous countries, including the Central African Republic, Colombia, Darfur, Sierra Leone, southern Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Uganda. Simpson holds law degrees from Southampton (UK) and Rouen (France) Universities and from the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium).
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Pakistan Coercion, UN Complicity
The Mass Forced Return of Afghan Refugees
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"Make Their Lives Miserable"
Israel’s Coercion of Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers to Leave Israel
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"I Wanted to Lie Down and Die"
Trafficking and Torture of Eritreans in Sudan and Egypt
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"You Are All Terrorists"
Kenyan Police Abuse of Refugees in Nairobi
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Always on the Run
The Vicious Cycle of Displacement in Eastern Congo
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“Welcome to Kenya”
Police Abuse of Somali Refugees
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All Quiet on the Northern Front?
Uninvestigated Laws of War Violations in Yemen’s War with Huthi Rebels
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From Horror to Hopelessness
Kenya’s Forgotten Somali Refugee Crisis
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Invisible Civilians
The Challenge of Humanitarian Access in Yemen’s Forgotten War
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Neighbors In Need
Zimbabweans Seeking Refuge in South Africa