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‘What does Europe want from us?’ – Migrants detained for months on end in Greece
By Irem Arf Rayfield, Researcher on Refugee and Migrants’ Rights in Europe Flying back from our research mission in Greece, I can’t shake off the image of exhaustion in the eyes of the newly arrived migrants on the island of … Continue reading
‘A hope to be reborn far from here’
Syrian activist Bassam Ahmed Al-Ahmed recalls his time as a detainee alongside his friend, doctor Ayham Mustafa Ghazoul, whose family was recently informed of his death while in the custody of Syrian security forces in November 2012. Both men were … Continue reading
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The price of protest in Saudi Arabia
Abeer al-Sayed recounts her arrest at the weekend after she and a group of women and children took part in a protest against the ongoing detention of their relatives outside the offices of Saudi Arabia’s state-founded National Society for Human … Continue reading