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Turkey: EU risks complicity in violations as refugees and asylum-seekers locked up and deported
The European Union (EU) is in danger of being complicit in serious human rights violations against refugees and asylum-seekers, said Amnesty International today, as it published damning evidence that the…
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Who Is Responsible for Arming Islamic State?
Over the past few years IS has amassed a vast arsenal, which it has deployed to commit a staggering array of atrocities with open disregard for international human rights and…
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We Need Your Help Today: Ensure this American Torture Story is Never Repeated
It’s been exactly one year since shocking new details emerged about the CIA’s torture program. After years of investigation, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published a report – known…
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Risk of humanitarian disaster in Jordan as 12,000 refugees from Syria stranded in ‘no man’s land’
Jordan must take immediate action to assist up to 12,000 refugees who have been denied entry to the country and are struggling to survive in desperate, freezing conditions in “no…
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Syria: Duma Four activists – abducted at gunpoint – missing but not forgotten
The continued plight of four prominent human rights activists, known collectively as the Duma Four, abducted at gunpoint two years ago and still missing, is a chilling reminder of the…
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Islamic State Atrocities Fueled by Decades of Reckless Arms Trading
Decades of poorly regulated arms flows into Iraq as well lax controls on the ground have provided the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) with a large and lethal…
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Macedonia: Tear gas and rubber bullets as border tensions mount
Amid increasing tension and violent clashes in the policing of refugees and migrants protesting at the Greek-Macedonian border, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Macedonia) border police must show restraint…
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Turkey: Rounding up of refugees is “a stain on the EU’s conscience”
“Reports of Turkey rounding up and detaining over a thousand refugees in the west of the country are alarming but not surprising. Ever since September, we have seen the Turkish…
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How to Access a Safe Education as a Girl-Child of War
According to a recent joint report by UNICEF and UNESCO, one-half (nearly 30 million) of the world’s out-of-school children are those from war torn nations—and most are girls.
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Make a Call to Stand up for Refugee Rights in the United States
This is a critical moment to stand up for refugee rights in the United States. Join us and call your Senator immediately to vote NO on the upcoming bill limiting entry to the U.S.…
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Congress Should Stop Playing Politics with Refugees’ Lives
In response to today’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to erect barriers for Syrian and Iraqi refugees fleeing war, Tarah Demant, Senior Director of the Identity and Discrimination…
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Refugee Crisis: Balkans border blocks leave thousands discriminated against and stranded in Greece
New border control rules implemented almost simultaneously by the governments of Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia over the past 48 hours have resulted in large-scale renewed human rights violations, including collective…