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Middle East/North Africa

March 29, 2020 News Release

Libya: Detainees at Risk of Coronavirus Spread
Middle East/North Africa

March 23, 2020 News Release

Egypt: Security Forces Disappear, Torture Children
Middle East/North Africa

March 20, 2020 News Release

Egypt: Four Arrested Over COVID-19 Protest

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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

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March 12, 2020

Morocco/Western Sahara: Video Captured Police Violence

Courts Ignored Assault, Jailed Victims
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

News

March 19, 2020 News Release

Pakistan: Prisoners at Risk of COVID-19
March 19, 2020 News Release

UAE: Prisoners with HIV Vulnerable to Coronavirus
March 16, 2020 Commentary

Coronavirus: Egypt's Prisons Could Spare Disaster with Conditional Releases

Amr Magdi
Researcher, Middle East and North Africa

Published In: Middle East Eye
March 13, 2020 News Release

UAE: Woman Prisoner Reportedly Attempts Suicide
March 12, 2020 News Release

US: COVID-19 Threatens People Behind Bars
March 12, 2020 Report

Morocco/Western Sahara: Video Captured Police Violence
March 3, 2020 News Release

South Korea: Stand With North Korean Victims
February 17, 2020 Letter

Letter to Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
February 7, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Yemen
January 14, 2020 News Release

UAE: Dangerous Disregard for Rule of Law
December 19, 2019 News Release

Egypt: Jailed Activist’s Life May Be at Risk
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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Indian Lockdown Puts Poor at Risk: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Indian lockdown puts poor at risk: Hungary's prime minister set to seize unlimited power today; displacement camps in Myanmar are a possible catalyst for COVID-19; detained Libyans are at heightened risk for COVID-19; concerns for those in immigration detention in Europe, too; coronavirus is obstructing the painstaking path to equal pay in sports; the US should be supporting international justice rather than undermining it; and Portugal grants temporary residency status to all asylum seekers and migrants.