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Turkey’s ‘Safe Zone’ Would Be Anything But
Turkey’s plan to create a 32-kilometer “safe zone” in Syria where it could relocate one million Syrian refugees is woefully misguided and dangerous – and bound to fail.
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Turkey’s ‘Safe Zone’ Would Be Anything But
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Turkey/Syria: Civilians at Risk in Syria Operation
Key Concerns Include Unlawful Attacks, Treatment of Displaced People, Arbitrary Arrests
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“Just Like Other Kids”
Lack of Access to Inclusive Quality Education for Children with Disabilities in Iran
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Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arabs Not Allowed Home
Lift Unlawful Restrictions Blocking Thousands
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Iraq: Lethal Force Used Against Protesters
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Qatar: Urgently Investigate Migrant Worker Deaths
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Lebanon No Longer A Safe Haven for Activism
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France Should Hold Firm Against Saudi Abuses
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Bahrain: Prisoners Denied Medical Care
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“He Wanted to Beat the Woman Out of Me”
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Iran: Stadium Seating Cap Endangers Women
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Iran: Schools Shut Out Children with Disabilities
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LGBT Voices from the Middle East and North Africa
Despite state-sponsored repression and social stigma LGBT people in the Middle East and North Africa are finding ways to speak out and combat discrimination.
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Sarah Leah Whitson
Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division sarahleah1
Eric Goldstein
Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division goldsteinricky
Nadim Houry
Director, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program nadimhoury
Ahmed Benchemsi
Advocacy and Communications Director, Middle East and North Africa Division @AhmedBenchemsi
Adam Coogle
Middle East Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division cooglea
Amna Guellali
Senior Tunisia and Algeria Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division aguellaa
Nicholas McGeehan
Former Middle East Researcher Ncgeehan
Hanan Salah
Senior Libya Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division HananMSalah
Belkis Wille
Senior Iraq Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division belkiswille
Maham Javaid
Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Division @jmahamInteractives More Interactives
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Saving Lives at Sea
Metal towers of lights reached out of the sea and flames belched into the midnight sky as the Aquarius reached Bouri Field, the largest oilfield in the Mediterranean, about 65 nautical miles north of Libya. I had been sitting cross-legged on deck of this rescue ship, listening to a group of West African men telling unbearable stories of captivity and brutality in Libya, the country they had just fled. Amadou concluded, to earnest nods all around, “God left Libya a long time ago.”
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Exodus: Asylum Seekers Flee Into Europe
“What will happen to us?” “Will they fingerprint us?” was the constant refrain as we watched a human wave of asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan crossing the Serbia-Hungary border.
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