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September 6, 2019 Report

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arabs Not Allowed Home

Lift Unlawful Restrictions Blocking Thousands

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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

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August 28, 2019 News Release

Iraq: School Doors Barred to Many Children

Affects Thousands Who Lived Under ISIS Rule

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
August 20, 2019 Commentary

Australian Mother's Plea to Come Home from Crowded Camp After Fleeing Islamic State

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July 23, 2019 Report

Syria: Dire Conditions for ISIS Suspects’ Families

Countries Should Support Citizens’ Returns, Increase Aid

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July 20, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Preparations to Confine Families in Camp

Women, Children With Perceived ISIS Ties to Be Transferred from Syria

The beginnings of a gate erected in Jadah 5 camp intended to enclose a section of the camp to prevent free movement. © 2019 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
July 18, 2019 Dispatches

UK’s Unfinished Reckoning on Overseas Torture

An Opportunity to Help Victims Obtain Justice

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July 18, 2019 News Release

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Displaced People Fear Arrest Over Actions of their Relatives

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July 16, 2019 News Release

Syria: Suspects’ Families Assets Seized

Collective Punishment of Relatives Under Overbroad Terrorism Law

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June 24, 2019 Dispatches

What Next for Australian ISIS Suspects?

Government Should Pursue Full Investigations, Fair Trials

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June 21, 2019 Commentary

Western Europe must repatriate its ISIS fighters and families

A woman walks with a child in Roj camp, which holds foreign wives and children of Islamic State (ISIS) members, in northeast Syria, September 2018. © 2018 Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images
June 14, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Displaced People Unable to Return Home Years After Battles

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June 13, 2019 News Release

Mauritania: Allow Ex-Guantanamo Detainee to Travel

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June 12, 2019 Commentary

Burkina Faso’s Atrocities in the Name of Security Will Help Terrorists’ Ranks

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