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September 6, 2019 Report

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arabs Not Allowed Home

Lift Unlawful Restrictions Blocking Thousands

A destroyed home near Ashqala al-Sagheer village in Hamdaniya, July 2019. Hasansham camp is in the background.  © 2019 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
September 4, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Camps Expel Over 2,000 People Seen As ISIS-Linked

Some Forced Back to Home Regions Despite Safety Threats

Government buses waiting to move families from one camp in Anbar governate to another during a previous wave of camp closures in December 2018.  © 2018 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
July 31, 2019 Dispatches

Thailand Offers Persecuted Rohingya Little Hope

Prime Minister’s Racist Comments Reflect Inhumane Asylum Seeker Policy

Rohingya refugees sit behind bars at a police station in Satun province, Thailand, June 12, 2019.
July 29, 2019 News Release

Japan: Urge Bangladesh, Myanmar to Protect Rights

Foreign Minister Taro Kono Should Use Trip to Raise Rohingya’s Plight

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meets Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono during the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi, Vietnam September 12, 2018.
July 18, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Military Enter Camp, Occupy School for ‘Screening’

Displaced People Fear Arrest Over Actions of their Relatives

The school at Hammam al-Alil 1 camp for displaced people south of Mosul that security forces occupied on July 6, 7 and 9 in order to conduct security screenings of camp residents. © 2019 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
June 20, 2019 Commentary

Japan’s Cold-Blooded Approach to the Rohingya Crisis

Abdul Kareem, a Rohingya Muslim, carries his mother, Alima Khatoon, to a refugee camp after crossing from Burma into Bangladesh on Sept. 16, 2017.
June 19, 2019 News Release

ASEAN: Don’t Whitewash Atrocities Against Rohingya

Repatriation Report Ignores Dire Situation in Myanmar

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi listens to China Premier Li Keqiang at the ASEAN-China Summit during the 33rd ASEAN Summit on November 14, 2018 in Singapore.
June 5, 2019 Commentary

For Rohingya Refugees, There’s No Return in Sight

Why They Remain Stuck in Bangladesh

Rohingya refugee girls cross a makeshift bamboo bridge at Kutupalong refugee camp, where they have been living amid uncertainty over their future after they fled Myanmar to escape violence a year ago, in Bangladesh, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.
May 28, 2019 News Release

Egypt: Serious Abuses, War Crimes in North Sinai

Army’s Conduct Crushed, Alienated Local Residents

Egyptian army tanks and armored vehicles in Rafah in North Sinai sometime in 2018. The army has demolished thousands of homes in the city that borders Israel and Gaza, forcibly evicting almost the entire population.
May 21, 2019 Report

Syria: Detention, Harassment in Retaken Areas

Media, Aid Workers, Activists, and Families Targeted

A checkpoint in the Syrian city of Daraa.
April 9, 2019 Commentary

Ethiopia: Abiy’s First Year as Prime Minister, Review of Conflict and Internally Displaced Persons

Displaced Gedeo people wait in line with their containers looking for water at Kercha site, West Guji, on August 1, 2018.
March 25, 2019 Letter

Joint Letter to the UN Secretary General

February 22, 2019 News Release

Libya: Civilians Caught in Tightening Siege

Allow Aid Access, Disclose Names of People Detained

A general view of Derna city, Libya, February 9, 2019. © 2019 Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters
February 22, 2019 News Release

Syria: Concerns for Civilians Escaping ISIS Holdout

Satellite Imagery Reveals Large-Scale Destruction of Buildings

Satellite-analysis of US-led coalition air strike locations in Baghuz (19 January - 20 February 2019)
February 21, 2019 Dispatches

African Union Needs to Protect the Continent’s Displaced

Hold Governments Accountable to Their Treaty Obligations

A displacement camp in Grimali, Central African Republic, for people fleeing violence in the vicinity of Bakala, Ouaka province. Photo taken on January 24, 2017.

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