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From a Syrian Prison to the UN: The Case of Bilal Abdul Kareem

The plight of American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem, who has been detained in Syria for more than eight months without any publicly announced charge or trial, is being considered by UN experts in Geneva this week. His case has been submitted to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which is sitting in Geneva […] The post From a Syrian Prison to the UN:

From a Syrian Prison to the UN: The Case of Bilal Abdul Kareem

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The plight of American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem, who has been detained in Syria for more than eight months without any publicly announced charge or trial, is being considered by UN experts in Geneva...

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The plight of American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem, who has been detained in Syria for more than eight months without any publicly announced charge or trial, is being considered by UN experts in Geneva this week. His case has been submitted to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which is sitting in Geneva […] The post From a Syrian Prison to the UN:

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