After more than three years, US President Joe Biden’s administration is slated to end the mass expulsion policy known as “Title 42.” Ari Sawyer, Vicki B. Gaubeca, and Alison Leal Parker discuss the policy that upended decades of asylum law.

The acts of violence and vandalism that took place in Brazil on January 8, 2023, constitute an abhorrent attack on Brazil’s democratic institutions. HRW’s César Muñoz leads a conversation with Maria Laura Canineu and Brian Winter to discuss the human rights implications.

Despite incredible suffering, many children repatriated from detention camps for ISIS families in NE Syria are successfully building new lives in their home countries. In this Twitter Space, we discuss how children repatriated from NE Syrian detention camps are doing, and how governments can help with their reintegration.

HRW’s Amanda Klasing is joined by HRW researcher Ari Sawyer and Claudia Muñoz from Grassroots Leadership for a conversation on Operation Lone Star at the Texas border and the human costs of deadly deterrence.

(Beirut) – Syrian refugees who returned to Syria between 2017 and 2021 from Lebanon and Jordan faced grave human rights abuses and persecution at the hands of the Syrian government and affiliated militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Returnees also struggled to survive and meet their basic needs in a country decimated by conflict. The 72-page report “‘Our Lives Are Like Death’: Syrian Refugee Returns from Lebanon and Jordan,” found that Syria is not safe for return. Among 65 returnees or family members interviewed, Human Rights Watch documented 21 cases of arrest and arbitrary detention, 13 cases of torture, 3 kidnappings, 5 extrajudicial killings, 17 enforced disappearances, and 1 case of alleged sexual violence.

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