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December 20, 2018 Dispatches

Déjà vu on the Greek-Turkey Border

Long Past Time to Put an End to Brutal Treatment of Migrants, Asylum Seekers

Migrants that crossed the land border between Greece and Turkey are seen at the Pre-Removal Detention Center in the village of Fylakio, Northern Greece, February 24, 2017.

December 20, 2018 Report

US Deporting Iraqis Without Valid Documents

Coerced Deportees at Risk of Arrest, Torture in Iraq

Protesters rally outside the federal court just before a hearing to consider a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Iraqi nationals facing deportation, in Detroit, Michigan, US, June 21, 2017. © 2017 Reuters/Rebecca Cook

December 18, 2018 Report

Greece: Violent Pushbacks at Turkey Border

End Summary Returns, Unchecked Violence

December 14, 2018 Dispatches

7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies in US Border Patrol Custody

US Should End Dangerous, Unnecessary Detention of Children and Asylum Seekers

A girl stands in the lobby of the Adelanto immigration detention center, in Adelanto, California, U.S., April 13, 2017.

December 13, 2018 Report

Lebanon: Stalled Effort to Get Syrian Children in School

Donors, Education Ministry Should Fulfill Promises

December 11, 2018 Report

Croatia: Migrants Pushed Back to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Violence, Abuse; Denied Opportunity to Apply for Asylum

Migrants including asylum seekers in a dilapidated building in Borici camp, Bihac, Bosnia Herzegovina. November 19, 2018.

December 6, 2018 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Australia

82nd pre-sessional, 2018

December 6, 2018 Statement

Greece, EU: Move Asylum Seekers to Safety

End Containment Policy, Organize Transfers Now

Asylum seekers outside their tent in the "Olive Grove", a makeshift camp outside Moria camp on the island of Lesbos on October 31, 2018.

December 5, 2018 Dispatches

Humanitarians Released on Bail in Greece

Saving Lives at Sea Should Not Earn Time in Jail

December 3, 2018 Letter

Letter to the EU on Turkic Asylum Seekers

Suspend Deportations to China, Expedite Asylum Claims

Ethnically Turkic people are transported back to a detention facility in the town of Songkhla in southern Thailand, March 26, 2014.

December 3, 2018 News Release

EU: Suspend Deportations of Turkic Muslims to China

Xinjiang Rights Crisis Merits Maximum Caution

Chinese police patrol a night market near Id Kah Mosque in Xinjiang, a day before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, June 25, 2017.

December 3, 2018 News Release

UN: War’s Impact on People with Disabilities

Security Council Meeting to Focus on Risks, Needs

A relative pushes John Biel Dup’s wheelchair through the dirt paths of Protection of Civilians Camp 3 in Juba,. The uneven paths make it difficult for people with physical disabilities to move around the camps..

December 2, 2018 Dispatches

Australian Parliament Should Back Refugee Emergency Care Bill

Proposed Law Would Expedite Medical Transfers

November 30, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Don’t Send Back Bahraini Dissident

Outspoken Football Player at Risk of Imprisonment, Torture

Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali al-Araibi in detention at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.