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May 11, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Scapegoating Refugees in Kenya

Newly-arrived refugees run away from a cloud of dust at the Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab, near Kenya's border with Somalia in Garissa County, Kenya, July 16, 2011.

May 10, 2016 Commentary

Words of Praise, Deadly Deeds: Turkey’s Treatment of Refugees

May 10, 2016 Report

Turkey: Border Guards Kill and Injure Asylum Seekers

Border Lock-Down Puts Syrian Lives at Risk

Turkish soldiers patrol in Hatay province along Turkey's new border wall with Syria in February 2016.

May 6, 2016 News Release

Kenya: Ending Refugee Hosting, Closing Camps

Ensure Required Protections for Refugees

Somali women and children fleeing their homes in Nairobi’s predominantly Somali suburb of Eastleigh on November 20, 2012, two days after an attack on a bus by unknown perpetrators caused Kenyan gangs to riot and attack Somali refugees and Somali Kenyans.

May 4, 2016 Letter

HRW Letter to President U Htin Kyaw

Re: Human Rights Priorities for the New Government

May 4, 2016 News Release

Papua New Guinea: Address Abuses at UN Review

Make Good on Commitment to Close Manus Detention Center

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May 4, 2016 Commentary

FIFA Replays Its Mistakes in Qatar As Human Cost of the 2022 World Cup Climbs Higher

April 27, 2016 News Release

Austria: Drastic, Unjustified Measures against Asylum Seekers

April 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Papua New Guinea to Close Refugee Detention Center

Hundreds of demonstrators march through Pitt street during a rally in support of asylum seekers in central Sydney August 10, 2013.

April 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: EU Deportations Resume, Troubles Abound

A Frontex officer (L) escorts a deportee onto a boat on the Greek island of Lesbos, April 4, 2016.

April 25, 2016 Commentary

Open Hotspots Again

April 20, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Open Border to Displaced Syrians Shelled by Government

No Escape for Thousands Fleeing Attacks on Border Camps

Khirmash displaced persons camp in Syria on Turkey’s border, sheltering about 2,000 people as of mid-April 2016.

April 20, 2016 Commentary

We pay Mexico to catch refugees. Kids suffer.

April 19, 2016 Report

EU/Greece: First Turkey Deportations Riddled With Abuse

Text Messages Show Fear, Then Silence

April 18, 2016 Letter

UN Committee Against Torture: Letter ahead of France's review

57th Session of the Committee Against Torture

French soldiers patrol in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France

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