Syria: Returning Refugees Face Grave Abuse
By: Mariah Abdel-Aziz At the Center Stage: 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. Returnees also struggled to survive and meet […]
The Yazidi Women Survivors Law and Ensuring an Effective Reparations Programme in Iraq
By: Mariah Abdel-Aziz At the Center Stage: In a statement marking seven years since ISIL terrorists brutally and systematically targeted religious minorities in Sinjar, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on Iraqi authorities to begin implementation of the Yazidi Survivors Law to assist Yazidi and other survivors of ISIL atrocities. […]
A Deep Political Rift in Turkey was Revealed by the Killing of a Kurdish Family.
At the Centre stage: The motives of the perpetrators in killing an entire family in central Turkey sparked sharp differences between the government and the opposition, which considered the crime an “act of racism”. In turn, Erin Keskin, vice president of the Human Rights Association, said in a tweet: “This is an issue we have […]
Human Rights Insight on the Illegal Migration Crisis from Morocco to the Shores of Spain
By: Mariah Abdel-Aziz At the Centre stage: The humanitarian crisis unleashed by the unprecedented influx of 8,000 migrants into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta has laid bare Morocco’s disrespect for the European Union and willingness to risk the lives of children and babies in the diplomatic row, Spanish authorities have said. […]
Report: Ceuta Illegal Immigration Crisis, Root Causes, and The EU Response
By: Sara Kira Founder of EUNACR EU commission insisted that all of those immigrants who do not have the legal right to stay in Ceuta are orderly returned. 8.000 migrants have illegally entered Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta. Members of the European Commission too have called the arrivals “worrying,” and […]
