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Children play in a mud puddle in the section for foreign families at Al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province, Syria on March 31, 2019.

Thousands of children are stranded at a camp in northern Syria. Who will repatriate them?

Displacement

In al-Hol camp alone, there are currently 27,000 children living in dire conditions. They ended up in this camp after ISIS was territorially defeated.

Members of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign react on the presentation of a banner referring to the kidnapped Chibok school girls, during a sit-out in Abuja, Nigeria May 18, 2016,

Terrorists launched fewer attacks in 2016. But they took twice as many hostages.

Conflict
Blood splatter above the bed of Safwan Shebli, 23, who was killed by opposition groups during an August 4th offensive in Barouda village, northern Syria; photo taken September 8, 2013.

Syrian rebel forces are guilty of atrocities, too

Conflict & Justice

Now Comes New Evidence that ‘Strongly Suggests’ the Syrian Government Carried Out Chemical Attack

Global Politics

Women and politics in the Muslim World

Global Politics
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Use of phosphorous in Gaza

Human Rights Watch says Israel is using white phosphorous in the Gaza Strip — it’s illegal under international law to use the chemical as a weapon against civilians.

China’s secret detention centers

A new report alleges sprawling system of “black jails” used to detain Chinese citizens petitioning for redress.

In Russia, Raids on NGOs Deemed ‘Foreign Agents’ Continue

Conflict & Justice

Natalia Antonova is acting editor-in-chief of The Moscow News.She says the government has been conducting a series of raids against several NGOs. One of them, Memorial, researches the dark past of the Soviet Union.

Human Rights Watch: Bush Administration Subjected Libyan Prisoners To Waterboarding

Global Politics

A Human Rights Watch report out Thursday alleges that during the Bush administration, Libyan revolutionaries were subjected to rendition, waterboarded by the CIA, then turned over to the Gaddafi regime to face more abuse.

The Toll of Teen Pregnancy and Childbirth in Africa

Global Politics

Anchor Aaron Schachter talks to Agnes Odhiambo, a researcher on women’s rights in Africa for New York-based Human Rights Watch.

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