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January 31, 2020 Report

Iraq: Authorities Violently Remove Protesters

Security Forces Shoot Demonstrators, Burn Tents

Security forces fire tear gas at protesters in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 27, 2020.
January 22, 2020 News Release

Syria: Cluster Munition Attack on School

12 killed on first day of new decade

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January 6, 2020 Commentary

Civilian Casualties: A Case for US Condolence Payments in Syria

December 12, 2019 Report

Tanzania: Burundians Pressured into Leaving

Mounting Intimidation for 163,000 Burundian Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Nduta camp in Tanzania currently hosts 72,886 Burundian refugees and asylum seekers and UNHCR’s departure center, where Burundians depart from when they are repatriated to Burundi.
December 4, 2019 Statement

African Leaders Should Raise Concerns About Tanzania’s Pressure on Refugees to Return to Burundi

Joint Civil Society Statement

A Tanzanian policeman watches over as Burundian refugees gather on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kagunga village in Kigoma region in western Tanzania, where they wait for transport to Kigoma township, May 17, 2015.
December 2, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Abductions Linked to Baghdad Protests

7 Missing, 2 Known Arrested

An image that a friend of Mustafa Munthir Ali, who was arrested from a Baghdad protest on November 15, posted to an Instagram account, lostiraqiprotesters2, where people across Iraq are posting information about protesters who have gone missing, asking fo
November 26, 2019 Report

Chile: Police Reforms Needed in the Wake of Protests

Excessive Force Against Demonstrators, Bystanders; Serious Abuse in Detention

A police captain holds a teargas gun. A pellet shotgun hangs on his right side.
November 7, 2019 Commentary

"Repatriation" of Syrians in Turkey Needs EU Action

Turkish authorities have used the Cilvegözü border crossing, pictured here on March 3, 2015, to deport Syrian refugees. © 2015 Getty Images
November 1, 2019 Commentary

ISIS Suspect Transfers to Iraq Replete with Risks

Men, suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State, gather in a prison cell in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on October 26, 2019.
October 30, 2019 Commentary

For Civilians in Northern Syria, There is No Escape

From left to right: Maria (10), Ahmad (2½), Aya (6), and Rama (8) with their father, Khalid al-Satuf. © 2019 Khalid al-Satuf
October 29, 2019 Report

Tanzania: Asylum Seekers Coerced into Going Home

Hundreds of Burundians in Camp Targeted

A Tanzanian policeman watches over as Burundian refugees gather on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kagunga village in Kigoma region in western Tanzania, where they wait for transport to Kigoma township, May 17, 2015.
October 24, 2019 Report

Turkey: Syrians Being Deported to Danger

Authorities Use Violence, Threats, Detention to Coerce Returns

Turkish authorities have used the Cilvegözü border crossing, pictured here on March 3, 2015, to deport Syrian refugees. © 2015 Getty Images
October 24, 2019 Letter

Joint Letter on Egypt and Mexico Role in UN Counterterrorism Resolution

October 18, 2019 Commentary

Fear Grips Women and Children Trapped in Syria Camps

Their Countries of Origin Must Bring Them Home

A girl stands in the annex of al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, where more than 11,000 women and children from nearly 50 nationalities are confined as family members of Islamic State (also known as ISIS) suspects. The Kurdish-led coalition controlling north
October 18, 2019 Report

Syria-Russia Attack on Refuge an Apparent War Crime

500,000 People Displaced in Recent Hostilities Stuck at Turkish Border

Residents rescue injured child after strike on the displacement center in Hass on August 16, 2019.

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