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Russia: Don’t Veto Extension of Syria Inquiry
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“These are the Crimes we are Fleeing”
Justice for Syria in Swedish and German Courts
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“I Have No Idea Why They Sent Us Back”
Jordanian Deportations and Expulsions of Syrian Refugees
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Yemen: Coalition’s Blocking Aid, Fuel Endangers Civilians
Houthi-Saleh Obstruction Heightens Crisis
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What next for Raqqa?
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News ReleaseGlobal Medical Body Condemns Forced Anal Exams
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News ReleaseKuwait: Court Strikes Down Draconian DNA Law
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CommentaryISIS’s Other Victims
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News ReleaseEgypt: Mass Arrests Amid LGBT Media Blackout
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World Report 2017: Yemen
In Yemen, dozens of coalition airstrikes indiscriminately or disproportionately killed and wounded thousands of civilians in violation of the laws of war.
World Report 2017: Syria
Greater United States and Russian engagement on Syria and efforts to reach a political settlement in 2016 failed to significantly reduce egregious violations of human rights and humanitarian law.
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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
Joe Stork
Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division
Ahmed Benchemsi
Advocacy and Communications Director @AhmedBenchemsi
Adam Coogle
Middle East Researcher cooglea
Amna Guellali
Senior Tunisia and Algeria Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division aguellaa
Nicholas McGeehan
Middle East Researcher Ncgeehan
Hanan Salah
Senior Libya Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division HananMSalah
Belkis Wille
Senior Iraq and Qatar Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division belkiswille
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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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Rabaa Mapping a Massacre
The systematic and widespread killing of at least 1,150 demonstrators by Egyptian security forces in July and August 2013 probably amounts to crimes against humanity.