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Atrocities as the New Normal
Where there once was outrage and demands for action, complacency has set in. How did it come to this?
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Atrocities as the New Normal
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Morocco: Torture Suspicions Mar Mass Trial Verdicts
Provide Justice to Hirak Activists in Appeal Case
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Bed and Breakfast on Stolen Land
Tourist Rental Listings in West Bank Settlements
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US: Detainees Transferred from Syria to Iraq
ISIS Suspects Put at Risk of Torture, Unfair Trials
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News ReleaseYemen: Talks Should Address Rights Concerns
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CommentaryCan Algorithms Save Us from Human Error?
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News ReleaseTurkey: Seek UN Inquiry on Khashoggi
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Saudi Crown Prince Hiding in the Embassy?
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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 @AhmedBenchemsi
Adam Coogle
Middle East Researcher 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
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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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