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December 1, 2021 News Release

Sahel: Top UN Rights Official Visits Burkina Faso, Niger

Governments Should Protect Civilians, Investigate Abuses

Map of the Sahel region
November 2, 2021 Dispatches

Guantanamo Military Jury Condemns US Treatment of Detainee

Majid Khan Publicly Describes Torture at Sentencing Hearing

Photo of a man with black hair and a bear
November 1, 2021 Dispatches

Civilians in Mali’s Ségou Region at Risk

Alleged Killings by Military, Armed Islamist Groups Go Unpunished

People stand over three bodies wrapped in fabric
October 22, 2021 News Release

Mali: Alleged ‘Disappearances,’ Executions by Security Forces

UN Security Council Should Urge Investigations of Abuses by All Sides

Col. Assimi Goïta is sworn in as Mali’s interim president on June 7, 2021. On May 24, Goïta overthrew the previous coup government, led by Bah Ndaw.
October 21, 2021 Dispatches

A Step Toward Justice for Guantanamo Detainee

Despite US Federal Court Ruling, Continued Detention Likely

Afghan refugee Roman Khan at a refugee camp near Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar in September 2020, displays a photograph of his brother Asadullah Haroon, who is detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
September 11, 2021 Commentary

End the 'War on Terror'

Detainees apprehended after September 11, 2001 in a holding area under surveillance of the US military at Camp X-Ray at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba on January 11, 2002. 
September 9, 2021 Commentary

Twenty Years On: The Legacy of 9/11

Bellevue Hospital memorial to victims of the World Trade Center attacks in New York, September 19, 2001. 
September 9, 2021 Commentary

9/11 Unleashed a Global Storm of Human Rights Abuses

Victims of Attacks Still Await Justice

A man stands in the rubble after the collapse of the first World Trade Center Tower in New York City on September 11, 2001.
August 11, 2021 Report

Niger: Surging Atrocities by Armed Islamist Groups

Over 420 Civilians Killed During Attacks, Massacres in 2021

Villagers at a mass grave containing the remains of civilians killed during the March 21, 2021 attack by armed Islamist groups on villages in Tahoua region, Niger. More than 170 Tuareg villagers were killed in the attack, Niger’s worst atrocity in recent history.
July 28, 2021 Statement

Sri Lanka: Free Rights Activist

Release Hejaaz Hizbullah and Others Denied Due Process under Abusive Law

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July 8, 2021 Dispatches

Revised UN Counterterrorism Strategy Has Stronger Rights Focus

Human Rights Monitoring Mechanism Still Urgently Needed

A wide view of the Security Council meeting on peace and security in Africa, with a focus on countering terrorism and extremism in Africa on March 3, 2020 
July 5, 2021 News Release

Senegal: New Counterterror Laws Threaten Rights

Pass Amendments to Protect Peaceful Dissent

People flee teargas thrown by riot police during a protest against the proposed counterterrorism law and penal code reform at the Cheikh Anta Diop University campus in Dakar, Senegal, June 25, 2021.
June 30, 2021 Statement

UN Should Ensure Independent Oversight of UN Counter-Terrorism Architecture

Critical need for UN Member States and Secretary-General to use new UN Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy to develop an independent oversight mechanism to assess and mitigate harm from counterterrorism measures

A view of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters, October 1, 2018.
June 29, 2021 News Release

Sri Lanka: Pardons a Meager Response to Abusive Law

Repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act to Meet International Commitments

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's addresses parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 20, 2020.
June 17, 2021 Commentary

Foreign ISIS Suspects, Families: Why a Single “R” Word Matters at the UN

Children fly a kite at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. 

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