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January 9, 2022 News Release

20 Years of US Torture – and Counting

Global Costs of Unlawful Detention and Interrogation Post-9/11

The first foreign Muslim men imprisoned by the US military at the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in the so-called “global war on terror.” Since January 2002, the US has held nearly 800 men and boys at Guantánamo. Of the 39 who currently remain, 27 have never been charged. © 2002 Shane McCoy/Greg Mathieson/Mai/Getty Images
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Legacy of the “Dark Side”

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December 9, 2021 Report

Ethiopia: Tigray Forces Summarily Execute Civilians

UN Rights Body Should Create International Inquiry into War Crimes

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December 8, 2021 Commentary

How International Bodies Can Help Prevent More Ethiopia Massacres

‘The lack of consequences for the crimes committed in Tigray has made it easier for warring parties to commit further atrocities.’

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December 8, 2021 Report

Syria/Russia: 12 Civilians Dead in Idlib Artillery Attacks

Unlawful Syrian-Russian Alliance Attack Strikes Civilians

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A Month of Fires in Thantlang, Myanmar

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A Return to Business as Usual in Sudan?

It’s vital that the international community not abandon Sudan at this critical juncture

آلاف المتظاهرين المؤيدين للديمقراطية نزلوا إلى الشوارع لإدانة استيلاء العسكر على الحكم في الخرطوم، السودان في 25 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2021.
November 22, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

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November 22, 2021 Statement

Oral Statement at the Intersessional Briefing by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Situation of Human Rights in Ethiopia

Concrete, Urgent Council Action Needed

Tigrayans who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region stand on a hilltop overlooking Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, November 26, 2020
November 1, 2021 Letter

Letter to the Government of Canada on Afghanistan Crisis

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October 25, 2021 Commentary

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October 15, 2021 News Release

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Authorities Deny Afghans Right to Seek Asylum

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October 1, 2021 Dispatches

Millions at Risk as Ethiopia Expels UN Officials

Challenge Chokehold on Desperately Needed Humanitarian Aid, Call for Independent Inquiry

An organizer asks displaced Tigrayans to queue as they wait to receive food at a school in Mekele, in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, May 5, 2021.
September 21, 2021 News Release

US: Treatment of Haitian Migrants Discriminatory

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September 14, 2021 Commentary

With Taliban in Power, Only International Action Can Save Afghans

Afghanistan is Emblematic of Crises the ICC Was Created to Address

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