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May 26, 2021 News Release

Nordic Countries: Repatriate Nationals from Northeast Syria

Potential Complicity in Unlawful Detention of ISIS Suspects, Children

Children fly a kite at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. 
March 25, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter to EU Parliament: Vote Against Proposed Terrorist Content Online Regulation

Logos of the signatories to the letter shown in rows and columns
March 15, 2021 Dispatches

Bittersweet Homecoming for Canadian Girl Rescued from Syria

All Countries Should Urgently Repatriate Citizens

A 4-year-old Canadian girl after her rescue from a detention camp
February 9, 2021 News Release

Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action on Egypt

Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue

Egyptian security forces have been involved in systematic abuses such as enforced disappearance and torture and have used abusive counterterrorism laws and measures to crush peaceful dissent. Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entranc
January 25, 2021 Commentary

Declassify the Post-9/11 Torture Program

December 11, 2020 News Release

Japan: End Assistance for Cambodia’s Abusive Police

Counterterrorism Support Will Link Tokyo to Future Violations

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, greets with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, left, before a meeting at the Peace Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday, August 22, 2020. 
December 4, 2020 News Release

France: Dissolving Anti-Discrimination Group Threatens Rights

Government’s Misguided Move Part of Security Drift Endangering Liberties

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin delivers a speech on the state of terrorism threat at the French General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) in Paris, Monday Aug. 31, 2020. © 2020 Stephen de Sakutin, Pool via AP
November 2, 2020 Dispatches

Multiple Knife Attacks in France

A Country Shocked and Mourning Needs a Just, Fair Response

People set flowers at a memorial in front of the Notre Dame church, in Nice, France, October 30, 2020.
November 1, 2020 Dispatches

Chinese Diplomats Try Using UN as Shield for Xinjiang Crimes

World Body Should Reject Beijing’s False Narrative

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October 30, 2020 Q & A

Q&A: Protecting the Vote from Security Risks in the US 2020 Elections

A man in a beanie and face mask stands in front of a sign that says "Vote Here"
October 6, 2020 Dispatches

Don’t Let Orphan’s Canadian Homecoming Be an Exception

Ottawa Should Repatriate 46 Others Held in Northeast Syria

A girl stands in front of a chainlink fence
September 21, 2020 News Release

Cameroon: Heightened Crackdown on Opposition

Stop Using Covid-19, Anti-Terror Law as Pretext to Quell Dissent

Hundreds of supporters raise their arms and wave the national flag while waiting to greet Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto in Yaoundé on October 5, 2019, the day of his release from prison.
September 16, 2020 News Release

India: Arrests of Activists Politically Motivated

Sedition, Counterterrorism Laws Used to Silence Dissent

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September 10, 2020 News Release

Social Media Platforms Remove War Crimes Evidence

Archive Needed to Preserve Content Deemed Dangerous

Youtube homepage on a cell phone
September 4, 2020 Commentary

Despite US Veto, Desperate ISIS Suspects and Families Remain at Risk

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