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May 17, 2023 Report

Egypt: Women Abused Over Alleged ISIS Ties

Torture, Incommunicado Detention, Flawed Due Process

A photo published by a pro-army militia Facebook page, Uswod Al-karama, (which was later deleted) showing a group of women and children, whom the group described as the wives and children of men of the Islamic State affiliate, being arrested by the Egyptian army near al-Moqat’a area south of Sheikh Zuwayed in North Sinai, Egypt.
May 10, 2023 Dispatches

Government Fails to Bring Australians from Syrian Camps Home

Families Prepare Legal Action to Secure Repatriation as Camp Security Deteriorates

Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate.
May 4, 2023 Commentary

How Governments and Civil Society Can Help China's Uyghurs

The perimeter wall of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng.
May 4, 2023 Report

China: Phone Search Program Tramples Uyghur Rights

Xinjiang Authorities Label Readings from Quran ‘Harmful’

A Chinese security officer watches a woman pass through a checkpoint, equipped with a metal detector and facial recognition technology, to enter the main bazaar in Urumqi in the Xinjiang region of China.
May 4, 2023 Report

Burkina Faso: Army Linked to Massacre of 156 Civilians

African Union, United Nations Should Press for Credible, Independent Inquiry

An animal pen burned by apparent Burkinabé soldiers on April 20, 2023 in the village of Karma, Yatenga province in northern Burkina Faso, April 27, 2023.
April 4, 2023 Commentary

PM Rowley Should Act Promptly on Repatriations Vow

A boy drags a cart
February 28, 2023 Report

Trinidad and Tobago: Bring Home Nationals from Northeast Syria

Unlawfully Detained Trinidadians at Risk, Including 56 Children

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December 21, 2022 Commentary

South Africa Should Bring Home Grandmother and Other Nationals from Northeast Syria

Khadija, in Roj camp, northeast Syria, is one of at least 17 South Africans unlawfully held for alleged ISIS ties in the region.
November 24, 2022 Commentary

Five Years On, Justice Still a Dream for Cabo Delgado Victims

AU, SADC Should Mandate Investigations Into Abuses

A destroyed house in the town of Mbau, Mozambique, September 23, 2021. 
November 10, 2022 Dispatches

Protect Freedom of Expression in Mali

Intimidation of Journalists, Critics Continues

Acting Prime Minister of Mali Abdoulaye Maïga addresses the UN.
November 3, 2022 Dispatches

The Netherlands Joins in Repatriations from Northeast Syria

Care for Returned Children Is Essential

A boy lugs water in Roj camp in northeast Syria.
November 1, 2022 Report

Syria: Civilian Homes Demolished in Security Operation

Syrian Democratic Forces Should Aid Families, Investigate Circumstances

US soldiers and Syrian Democratic Forces standing by loader and military vehicles in East Ghweran neighbourhood at 2 p.m. on January 29, 2022.
October 28, 2022 Commentary

India’s Abuses at Home Raise Concerns About Its Global Counterterrorism Role

India opens a UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee meeting on October 28, 2022 at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, the scene of a deadly armed extremist attack in 2008.
October 27, 2022 Report

Mali: Coordinated Massacres by Islamist Armed Groups

Increase Protection Capabilities of Security Forces, UN Peacekeepers

United Nations police patrol Ménaka region in northeast Mali on June 13, 2021.
September 14, 2022 News Release

China: Xinjiang Official Figures Reveal Higher Prisoner Count

Half-Million Prosecuted, Imprisoned During Crackdown

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