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July 9, 2018 Commentary

Lip Service Paid to Human Rights During UN Counterterrorism Week

The United Nations logo is pictured in front of the United Nations Headquarters building during the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016.
July 5, 2018 Commentary

Overdue US Admission that Civilians Were Killed in Syria Strike Is Still Insufficient

Entrance to the Badia school that was struck by coalition aircraft on March 20, 2017.
July 3, 2018 News Release

Syria: Mass Graves in Former ISIS Areas

Local Group Struggling to Recover Bodies, Preserve Evidence

Members of the First Responders Team in Raqqa city, Syria exhume a body from a mass grave at the al-Rashid playing field.
June 28, 2018 Dispatches

UK and its Intelligence Agencies Slammed for Role in Ill-Treatment of Terrorism Suspects

Parliamentary Reports Underscore Lack of Accountability and Scant Learning from Past Mistakes

A motorboat passes by the MI6 building in London August 25, 2010.
June 27, 2018 Q & A

Q&A: Guantanamo Bay, US Detentions, and the Trump Administration

A detainee paces around a cell block while being held in Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp VI at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba March 22, 2016.
June 24, 2018 News Release

Iraq: Displaced Families Blocked from Returning

No Security, Military Reason for Arbitrary Restrictions

Residents of Shahama camp speak with relatives through the camp fence.
June 21, 2018 Report

Iraq: Change Approach to Foreign Women, Children in ISIS-Linked Trials

Rushed Proceedings, Lack of Due Process, Disproportionate Sentences

Russian women, sentenced to life in prison on grounds of joining ISIS, sit with children in a hallway of Baghdad's Central Criminal Court, April 29, 2018. © 2018 Ammar Karim/AFP/Getty Images
June 20, 2018 Letter

Letter on Indonesia’s New Counterterrorism Law

To President Joko Widodo and Speaker Bambang Soesatyo

Counterterrorism police stand guard near evidence confiscated in raids on suspected militants at police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 30, 2016.
June 20, 2018 News Release

Indonesia: New Counterterrorism Law Imperils Rights

Revise Act to Uphold Protections While Meeting Security Concerns

A counterterrorism police officer stands guard during a security sweep in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 16, 2018.
May 31, 2018 News Release

Lithuania/Romania: Ruling Highlights CIA Torture Complicity

European Governments Should Investigate Grave Violations

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May 30, 2018 Commentary

France’s Creeping Terrorism Laws Restricting Free Speech

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May 22, 2018 Report

Egypt: Army Intensifies Sinai Home Demolitions

Destroys Homes, Farmland Around ‘Buffer Zones’

A house that the Egyptian army demolished in March 2018 in al-Arish as “retaliation” against suspects. © 2018 Private
April 24, 2018 Commentary

Not So Fast: US Syria Pullout Plan Must Address Key Humanitarian Issues

A fighter from Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands next to debris of damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria, September 25, 2017. © 2017 REUTERS
April 23, 2018 Report

Egypt: Looming Humanitarian Crisis in Sinai

Relief Urgently Needed After 2 Months of Army Restrictions on Food

Still image from a video provided to Human Rights Watch by a Sinai activist and captured on February 27, showing one closed gas station in al-Arish. © 2018 Private
April 19, 2018 News Release

US: Don’t Transfer Detainee to Possible Torture

Appropriately Prosecute in Federal Court or Release

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