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Middle East/North Africa

January 14, 2020 News Release

UAE: Dangerous Disregard for Rule of Law
Middle East/North Africa

December 19, 2019 News Release

Egypt: Jailed Activist’s Life May Be at Risk
Middle East/North Africa

November 1, 2019 Commentary

ISIS Suspect Transfers to Iraq Replete with Risks

Belkis Wille
Senior Researcher, Crisis and Conflict Division

Published In: Just Security

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May 5, 2017 Video

Video: Substandard Medical Care in US Immigration Detention
March 29, 2016 Video

US: Failure to Deliver HIV Services in Louisiana Jails
October 19, 2015 Video

Brazil: Where Inmates Hold the Keys

Reports More Reports

August 15, 2019

Ethiopians Abused on Gulf Migration Route

Trafficking, Exploitation, Torture, Abusive Prison Conditions
September 25, 2018

Yemen: Houthi Hostage-Taking

Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Enforced Disappearance Go Unpunished
July 22, 2018

Iraq: Intelligence Agency Admits Holding Hundreds Despite Previous Denials

Ex-Detainee Describes Degrading Conditions

News

October 8, 2019 News Release

Bahrain: Prisoners Denied Medical Care
October 8, 2019 News Release

Northeast Syria: Boys, Men Held in Inhumane Conditions
September 25, 2019 News Release

US Move Puts More Asylum Seekers at Risk
August 15, 2019 Report

Ethiopians Abused on Gulf Migration Route
August 9, 2019 News Release

Egypt: Investigate Treatment of Detained American
August 8, 2019 News Release

Tunisia: 2 Months On, No Answers on Death in Custody
July 18, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Military Enter Camp, Occupy School for ‘Screening’
May 16, 2019 Commentary

They Tried to Reach Europe and Were Turned Back. Now They're Trapped in Libya's Crossfires

Judith Sunderland
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: Newsweek
May 14, 2019 News Release

China: Protect 7 North Koreans Fleeing Oppression
May 6, 2019 News Release

UAE: Cancer-Stricken Female Prisoner Dies
March 4, 2019 News Release

China: Abolish Arbitrary Detention for Sex Workers
February 8, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Free Three Papuan Activists

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Global Inequality "Out Of Control": Daily Brief

Daily Brief

January 21, 2020

Global economic inequality "out of control"; 20,000 "disappeared" from Sri Lanka's civil war confirmed dead; horrors in Nepal still unpunished; new report highlights Myanmar military's war crimes in its campaign against ethnic Rohingya; democracy in Thailand "hanging by a thread"; lawmakers in the US unleash barrage of anti-transgender bills; and preparing for Human Rights Weekend in Amsterdam.