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Letta Tayler
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Associate director and counterterrorism lead,
@HRW
Crisis & Conflict Division. Ex-foreign correspondent.
New Yorkhrw.orgJoined March 2011
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2/ Rehabilitation in NE Syria of 1000s of foreign children held as #ISIS family members is impossible. How can children be rehabilitated when they know their countries have abandoned them to indefinite detention in locked camps and prisons? Join us today at
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MBS sent 180 suitcases of personal effects to the Four Seasons in Athens, which installed special bulletproof panes in his suite for his stay, while his entourage requested 350 limousines for his Greece visit, local media reported.
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Greece’s welcome to Mohammed bin Salman another sign of western forgiveness
Energy not the murder of Jamal Khashoggi was on the agenda for the Saudi Arabian crown prince’s fruitful visit to Athens
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This hostile UK compaign takes place amid already distressing global rollbacks in sexual and reproductive health rights, as well as UK cuts in foreign aid that had helped fund family planning services, as a result of responses to Covid-19.
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📢To say that this is an outrage 😤 is an understatement. The UK Govt @trussliz @tariqahmadbt @UK_FoRBEnvoy have taken out commitments to abortion & sexual health rights from an int'l statement on gender equality after more than 20 countries had signed on, giving no explanation🧵
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Six groups finally accredited by
@UNECOSOC
but 100s more to go. Shame not only on #Russia and #China but all countries that vote No to letting more civil society members engage on UN ecnoomic and social issues.
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🚨 UN member states in @UNECOSOC voted to accredit 6 human rights groups that have been unfairly blocked by #Russia #China & other abusive govts. BUT - some states should be ashamed of their votes: Israel, Chile, Argentina, Greece, Colombia, etc. hrw.org/news/2022/07/1
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The New York Times
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President Biden tested positive on Thursday for the coronavirus. He will isolate at the White House and "continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
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Biden Tests Positive for Virus and Is Experiencing Mild Symptoms
The president tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday and is expected to isolate for at least five days before resuming normal activities.
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When military bases kill: new
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@belkiswille
report on human cost of Russia and Ukraine stationing troops, weapons, military vehicles inside populated areas. hrw.org/news/2022/07/2
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1/ By now everyone knows that bombing and shelling is killing civilians in #Ukraine. But when military forces set up bases in populated areas, this also puts civilians at risk. New @hrw research shows how hrw.org/news/2022/07/2
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3/ Brennan, anti-ISIS forces commander in NE Syria, said nations that won't repatriate their nationals "should at least pay the #SDF for housing them." They should also provide due process. Locked housing=detention. Detention without due process=unlawful.
nytimes.com
ISIS Fighters’ Children Are Growing Up in a Desert Camp. What Will They Become?
Leaving captured men, women and children in prisons and camps run by Kurds risks seeding a new global terrorism disaster, rights groups and the U.S. military warn.
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2/ "Most people think the war with #ISIS is over. They don’t think about how you repair the damage. What do you do with the prisoners? How do you give young people better options?" This is one time that I agree with
@LindseyGrahamSC
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nytimes.com
ISIS Fighters’ Children Are Growing Up in a Desert Camp. What Will They Become?
Leaving captured men, women and children in prisons and camps run by Kurds risks seeding a new global terrorism disaster, rights groups and the U.S. military warn.
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1/ A vivid
@charlie_savage
look at the fate of children of ISIS suspects trapped in NE Syria. Timely in light of news that Australian teen Yusuf Sahab survived being forced to live under ISIS, only to die in the custody of US-backed, anti-ISIS forces.
nytimes.com
ISIS Fighters’ Children Are Growing Up in a Desert Camp. What Will They Become?
Leaving captured men, women and children in prisons and camps run by Kurds risks seeding a new global terrorism disaster, rights groups and the U.S. military warn.
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Patricia Rey
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A truly inspiring podcast by
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@ejrushing
with
@Helen_A_Durham
on how #gender dramatically shapes experiences of armed #conflict, and
@NiAolainF
on masculinities and women’s lived experiences of movement during occupation. #IHL
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In addition, the latest @ICRC #HumanityInWar podcast features myself and @NiAolainF in an enriching discussion on the same topic. @ejrushing Have a listen to the full episode here 🎧 bit.ly/HumanityInWar_
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"J'ai été blessé à la tête et à la main", avait dit Yusuf à ma collègue
@lettatayler
pendant la bataille pour reprendre la prison en janvier. "J'ai perdu beaucoup de sang (…) Il n'y a pas de médecins ici, personne ne peut m'aider. J'ai très peur, j’ai besoin d'aide".
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1/ UPDATES on Ghweran prison crisis in NE Syria: I have made contact with a Canadian man, an American man and an Australian boy inside the prison. They sound desperate. They say they've had no food or water for days; describe dead and wounded everywhere. They say they fear...
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10/“Yusuf survived being forced to live under ISIS, the battle to rout ISIS, and an ISIS prison attack, only to die in the custody of internationally backed forces. How many more detainees will die before countries bring home their nationals?”
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Detained Australian Teenager Dies in Northeast Syria
Family members reported that an Australian teenager, wrongfully detained in northeast Syria after being forced as a child to live under the Islamic State (ISIS), has died.
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8/<80 other Australians including Yusuf's mother are indefinitely, unlawfully held in horrific conditions, with no due process, in NE Syria. So are +40,000 other foreigners. More than half are children who are suffering, even dying for alleged crimes of their parents. Basta.
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7/ “Today we are heartbroken and angry,” Zahab’s family said. “Yusef didn’t need to die. The previous Australian Government knew about Yusuf’s predicament for more than three years. We are unaware of any efforts to support, care or inquire about him."
theaustralian.com.au
Aussie teen in Syrian prison feared killed
A 17-year-old Australian boy detained for three years without charge in a mens prison in Syria is believed to have been killed after Islamic State attacked the jail trying to break their fighters out.
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5/ NE Syrian authorities said 500 people died in the January prison battle with ISIS but have not said how many were detainees. how many were children, how many were wounded, how many are missing. Families deserve answers.
@hrw
call for answers is here:
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Northeast Syria: Fate of Hundreds of Boys Trapped in Siege Unknown
The Kurdish-led armed force in northeast Syria should ensure the humane treatment of all men and boys it has evacuated or recaptured from a prison that the Islamic State (ISIS) assaulted and held for...
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4/ The family deserves answers from the new Australia government and NE Syrian authorties on how and when Yusuf died and what became of his remains. Here he is in a photo he sent me from Al-Sina'a prison during the battle and an earlier one of him in happier times in Australia.
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3/ Even before being injured in that battle, Yusuf had caught tuberculosis while being held in a severely overcrowded prison, with men, without any charge, and his treatment had been interrupted, the family told
@hrw
. How could Australia have turned a blind eye to his plight?
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2/ "I got injured in my head and my hand," Yusuf told me during the battle to retake the prison in January. "I lost a lot of blood. I don't know what to do, there's no doctors here, there's no one who can help me. I'm very scared I need help. Please."
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1/ UPDATES on Ghweran prison crisis in NE Syria: I have made contact with a Canadian man, an American man and an Australian boy inside the prison. They sound desperate. They say they've had no food or water for days; describe dead and wounded everywhere. They say they fear...
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1/Yusuf Zahab, the 17-year-old Australian boy who sent
@hrw
desperate pleas for help during the ISIS takeover of a prison where he was unlawfully held, died in NE Syria, his family said. Cause and date of death not clear. A preventable, shocking tragedy.
theaustralian.com.au
Aussie teen in Syrian prison feared killed
A 17-year-old Australian boy detained for three years without charge in a mens prison in Syria is believed to have been killed after Islamic State attacked the jail trying to break their fighters out.
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6/Repatriation, rehabilitation, and prosecutions as appropriate are “the only durable solution” to the ISIS detainee crisis in NESyria: US counterterrorism chief Tim Betts at
@MiddleEastInst
. Great to hear USG repeat
@hrw
mantra. US should finish repatriating all its nationals.
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5/ Here is the latest from
@hrw
@BenJeannerod
on France’s repatriations from NE Syria—a great step but far from a “mission accomplished.” France is among countries participating in today’s
@MiddleEastInst
event.
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France’s repatriation of 35 children + 16 women from NE Syria is welcome news. Gov should show that it has truly moved away from its approach of abandoning nationals in the region, by repatriating all children & their mothers, and men unlawfully detained hrw.org/news/2022/07/1
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