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March 16, 2017 Report

Egypt: Possible Extrajudicial Killings in Sinai

Police May Have Staged Raid to Cover Up Deaths

Still from a video published by the Egyptian Interior Ministry. The video shows commandos stealthily approaching a building. But military experts said the bright, white light illuminating the commandos during their approach was one indication that the rai
March 15, 2017 Report

Greece: A Year of Suffering for Asylum Seekers

EU-Turkey Deal Traps People in Abuse and Denies Them Refuge

Asylum seekers from Algeria at a refugee squat on Lesbos. People of certain nationalities presumptively considered “economic migrants,” such as Algerians, are treated as having manifestly unfounded claims, and are often detained on that basis.
March 13, 2017 Report

Iraq: Hundreds Detained in Degrading Conditions

Over 1,200 ISIS Suspects in Filthy Overcrowded Jails

A hole in the ceiling of the second prison house, from a projectile that hit the building while the area was still under ISIS-control. Staff said the prison, holding 270 detainees, was structurally unsound and could collapse at any point.
March 5, 2017 Report

Iraq: Displacement, Detention of Suspected “ISIS Families”

Troops Force Residents Out, Demolish Homes

Residents of Shahama camp speak with relatives through the camp fence.
March 1, 2017 Report

Poland: Asylum Seekers Blocked at Border

Ensure Procedure Access; Halt Summary Returns

Asylum seekers in the arrivals hall at Brest train station, returned on the 13.46 pm train from Terespol, where their requests to seek asylum Poland were rejected. Brest, Belarus, December 7, 2016.
February 21, 2017 Report

Syria: Make Human Rights Priority of Geneva Talks

Ending Unlawful Attacks; Access to Aid; Detainee Rights; Justice; Security Sector Reform

February 20, 2017 Report

Morocco: Obstruction of Rights Group

Government Defies Administrative Court Judgments

Activists from the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) demonstrate after local authorities prohibit them from holding a planned training workshop, Rabat-Morocco, December 2014
February 20, 2017 Report

Iraq: Sunni Women Tell of ISIS Detention, Torture

Describe Forced Marriage, Rape

A woman fleeing the fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces in Intisar neighbourhood in eastern Mosul on November 7, 2016.
February 17, 2017 Report

Ukraine: Dangers, Unnecessary Delays at Crossing Points

Improve Security, Facilities Along the Line of Contact, Facilitate Better Crossing for Civilians

Civilians waiting at the Novotroitske crossing point in the government-controlled Donetsk region, December 21, 2016.
February 16, 2017 Report

Iraq: Looting, Destruction by Forces Fighting ISIS

No Apparent Military Necessity for Home Demolitions

•	Map of recently constructed security network and building demolition in the villages of Khoytlah, Mashirafat al-Jisr, and Ashwa between December 2016 and February 2017.
February 16, 2017 Report

Central African Republic: Executions by Rebel Group

Murder of 32 Civilians, Captured Fighters

Children from Bakala in a displacement camp in Grimali, Central African Republic, January 24, 2017. Approximately 10,000 people have fled fighting between the UPC and the FPRC in Ouaka province since late November 2016.
February 13, 2017 Report

Syria: Coordinated Chemical Attacks on Aleppo

Security Council Should Impose Sanctions

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February 2, 2017 Report

Iraq: Men Fleeing Mosul Held in Secret

Incommunicado Screening Puts Detainees at Risk

A member of the Iraqi security forces stands at a checkpoint near Hammam al-Alil, south of Mosul, Iraq, December 2016.
January 29, 2017 Report

KRG: Children Allege Torture by Security Forces

No Access to Family Months After Detention

Boy prisoners in the yard of the Women and Children's Reformatory in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Many boys were detained on suspicion of links to the Islamic State
January 19, 2017 Report

Burundi: Attacks by Ruling Party Youth League Members

UN Should Impose Targeted Sanctions

Members of the Burundi ruling party’s youth league, the Imbonerakure, have brutally killed, tortured and severely beaten scores of people across the country in recent months.

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