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Middle East/North Africa

May 7, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Confining Families With Alleged ISIS Ties Unlawful
Asia

March 31, 2019 News Release

Hong Kong: Scrap Proposed Extradition Changes
Middle East/North Africa

November 18, 2018 Dispatches

Absent an International Outcry, Detainees Start Hunger Strike for Justice in Syria

Sara Kayyali
Syria Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division

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October 3, 2016 Video

Video: Ex-Detainee Describes Unreported CIA Torture
July 28, 2016 Video

Video: Children Detained in War Zones
July 19, 2016 Video

Video: Kenyan Authorities Disappear People

Reports More Reports

July 13, 2017

“All Thieves Must Be Killed”

Extrajudicial Executions in Western Rwanda
July 6, 2017

“We Don’t Have Him”

Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh
June 22, 2017

Yemen: UAE Backs Abusive Local Forces

Resolve ‘Disappearances’, Grant Access to Detention Sites

News

December 6, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter to the EU on Detention of Azimjon Askarov in Kyrgyzstan
November 1, 2018 Q & A

A Letter to the Egyptian Government Regarding Its Response to Khaled Hassan’s Torture Allegations
November 1, 2018 Dispatches

Egyptian Government Should Investigate Abuses, Not Attack the Messenger

Michael Page
Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division
August 31, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter to the Astana Working Group on Detentions and Abductions in the Syrian Conflict
August 31, 2018 News Release

Russia, Turkey, and Iran Should Act on Syria Detainees
August 2, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Rights Activist Detained in Deep South
July 20, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Normalizing the State of Emergency
July 6, 2018 News Release

Uzbekistan: Man’s 13-Year Detention Revealed
March 25, 2018 Commentary

Gina Haspel is the wrong choice to head the CIA

Laura Pitter
Interim Deputy Director, US Program

Published In: The Hill
February 5, 2018 News Release

Singapore: End Detention Without Trial
January 29, 2018 News Release

Sri Lanka: Repeal Draconian Security Law
December 5, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Flawed Prosecution of ISIS Suspects

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South Africa is Failing Children with Disabilities: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

South Africa is failing children with disabilities; Lebanon deports at least 16 Syrians; Brazil court protects LGBT people; key day for LGBT rights in Kenya; #CloseXinjiangCamps; Assange's indictment threatens journalism; and Germany must push Uzbekistan on human rights.