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Gerry Simpson
Gerry Simpson researches rights abuses in crisis and conflict settings, which have included the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen.
Previously, Simpson worked with Human Rights Watch’s Refugee Program on a range of refugee and other displacement situations including in Afghanistan, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan’s Southern Kordofan State, Turkey, and Yemen.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, Simpson worked as a human rights lawyer in London and then as an advocate and protection officer with Médecins sans Frontières, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and the International Rescue Committee's Emergency Team in numerous countries, including the Central African Republic, Colombia, Darfur, Sierra Leone, southern Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Uganda. Simpson holds law degrees from Southampton (UK) and Rouen (France) Universities, and the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium).
Articles Authored
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February 24, 2021
UN Should Speak Up on Covid-19 “Pandemic of Human Rights Abuses”
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November 7, 2019
"Repatriation" of Syrians in Turkey Needs EU Action
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October 30, 2019
For Civilians in Northern Syria, There is No Escape
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October 9, 2018
The Calm Before the Storm in Idlib?
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October 30, 2017
End Cameroon’s Abuses of Refugees
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May 31, 2017
Another Day, Another Bomb in Kabul
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April 13, 2017
For Afghan Refugees, There's No Going Back
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February 14, 2017
U.N. Refugee Agency Must Break Its Silence on Pakistan
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October 26, 2016
National Geographic’s ‘Afghan Girl’ Faces Deportation from Pakistan
Reports Authored
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Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime
Governments Should Suspend Arms to Israel, Support ICC Probe
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“They Forced Us Onto Trucks Like Animals”
Cameroon’s Mass Forced Return and Abuse of Nigerian Refugees
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"Make Their Lives Miserable"
Israel’s Coercion of Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers to Leave Israel
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All Quiet on the Northern Front?
Uninvestigated Laws of War Violations in Yemen’s War with Huthi Rebels
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