Lauren Seibert
@LozSeibert
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Refugee & migrant rights senior researcher @HRW. Special focuses on US, Africa, EU, border externalization, racial justice, children's rights.
Washington, DC
Joined June 2009
đš New @hrw report documents years of serious abuses by security forces in #Mauritania against West & Central African migrants, while those same authorities received equipment/ support đ° from the EU @EU_Commission & #Spain to bolster border control đ§”đ https://t.co/VrohzC7zpG
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A child with a hearing disability was deprived of his hearing aids during a US deportation process, leaving him unable to communicate or understand what was happening. No child with disabilities should face immigration detention. https://t.co/lBfvB1aeyv
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đš In just five days, intensifying violence across the Middle East and parts of Asia has already displaced some 275,000 people. UNHCR teams are mobilizing across the region to support those forced to flee. Read our latest update below âŹïž: https://t.co/O9W7OY7P8C
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Les ordres dâĂ©vacuation immĂ©diate de lâarmĂ©e israĂ©lienne Ă la totalitĂ© de la population du #Liban vivant au sud du fleuve Litani sont fortement susceptibles de violer les lois de la guerre. Notre analyse juridique : https://t.co/9nvcKqXSz7
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Forced displacement is a war crime, and itâs becoming more of a risk. Only yesterday, the Israeli military called for the evacuation of the entire area south of the Litani River, approximately 8% of Lebanonâs territory and home to hundreds of thousands of people. Today, they
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In recent months, the Egyptian authorities renewed their campaign of arbitrarily detaining and unlawfully deporting refugees and asylum seekers solely on the basis of their irregular immigration status in blatant violation of the principle of non-refoulement and Egyptâs own
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In recent months, the Egyptian authorities renewed their campaign of arbitrarily detaining and unlawfully deporting refugees and asylum seekers solely on the basis of their irregular immigration...
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đ More than 100 people dumped in the desert! We were alerted to a large group of people who were deported to the border region of Tunisia-Algeria after they departed from #Tunisia to Europe. @Refugees @UNmigration Fewer arrivals means letting people die of thirst in the desert!
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A UN report exposes systematic torture, rape, and slavery against asylum seekers returned to Libya's detention camps. It urges the EU to halt interceptions and funding until human rights safeguards are guaranteed amid trafficking networks' abuses.
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A new UN report has found that asylum seekers being returned to Libya are facing serious human rights violations in detention camps, including torture and rape.
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@hrw This is how bad it is: "The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a 3rd country [Cameroon] where homosexuality is illegal"; she was then coerced to return to the country she had originally fled. For more see @hrw ( https://t.co/bgYpm8RRQi),
@latimes story: https://t.co/MNRiLjamL5.
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A woman who sought asylum in the U.S. after fleeing Morocco, where homosexuality is illegal, says the Trump administration' sent her to Cameroon, where it is also forbidden.
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As a whole nation remains in shock, horror, & grief, & families are searching for their loved ones in the aftermath of security forcesâ massacres on January 8 & 9, Iranian authorities continue to terrorize the population. Read HRWâs new investigation. â€”ïž https://t.co/byDTzZ68Db
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"Sénégal : L'urgence de retirer les enfants talibés de la rue" - Par Mame Maïmouna Sy https://t.co/7vFsYTd3Nm via @AllAfricafrench - Photo par @LozSeibert @hrw
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Analyse - Au SĂ©nĂ©gal, la question des enfants talibĂ©s revient avec acuitĂ© dans le dĂ©bat public. Le pays fait actuellement face Ă une vague dâarrestations liĂ©es Ă des affaires de pĂ©docriminalitĂ©, un...
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In #Cameroon, the govt is arbitrarily detaining 15 non-Cameroonian nationals, including asylum seekers, deported by the US; 2 repatriated under coercion. Given the risks in Cameroon, the US violated int'l law by deporting people there. New @hrw dispatch:
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Cameroonian authorities are arbitrarily detaining non-Cameroonian nationals deported from the United States and detaining and abusing journalists who tried to interview them.
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#Cameroon Cameroonian authorities are arbitrarily detaining non-Cameroonian nationals deported from the US+detaining +abusing journalists who tried to interview them. But Trumpâs administration doesnât seem to care, @LozSeibert @hrw
https://t.co/p8WokTGdiH
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Cameroonian authorities are arbitrarily detaining non-Cameroonian nationals deported from the United States and detaining and abusing journalists who tried to interview them.
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In #Cameroon, the govt is arbitrarily detaining 15 non-Cameroonian nationals, including asylum seekers, deported by the US; 2 repatriated under coercion. Given the risks in Cameroon, the US violated int'l law by deporting people there. New @hrw dispatch:
hrw.org
Cameroonian authorities are arbitrarily detaining non-Cameroonian nationals deported from the United States and detaining and abusing journalists who tried to interview them.
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Op-ed by #Spain's PM @sanchezcastejon explains why his govt "has chosen a different way" to respond to undocumented migrants - helping them regularize, instead of "hunt[ing] them down & deport[ing] them through operations that are both unlawful & cruel" https://t.co/yfKLvfGjPj
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Extremely concerned by the proposed immigration bill in #Greece which will only further demonise civil society & in the country & criminalise the defence of migrants' rights, placing Greece in violation of its international human rights obligations @GreeceInGeneva @migrationgovgr
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It's long past time for US Congress to exercise meaningful oversight of @DHSgov @ICEgov @CBP & secure accountability for rights abuses during immigration enforcement - killings, excessive force, racial profiling, arbitrary detention, & more, @hrw says:
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Congress approved five of six federal funding bills this week, delaying funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over concerns regarding recent immigration crackdowns, including killings...
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With @LaetitiaBader I travelled to eastern Chad to interview refugees who had fled from El Fasher, Darfur. They described many massacres from the Rapid Support Forces as it took control of the city in late October. Some thoughts on the trip: https://t.co/yobdNqzM3g
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Laetitia Bader, Human Rights Watchâs deputy Africa director, and Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, senior Crisis and Conflict advisor, traveled to eastern Chad in mid-December 2025 where they interviewed...
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"The world's largest humanitarian crisis as we speak." The crisis in Sudan is of staggering proportions, with more than 13 million people displaced. @MausiSegun discusses more at the launch of our World Report 2026:
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On #AlexPrettiâs death: this âfatal shooting⊠by federal agents follows weeks of violent & abusive immigration enforcement actionsâ by @CBP & @ICEgov against immigrants, asylum seekers, & citizens. @HRW analyzed/verified 8 videos & 2 witness statements: https://t.co/HyIciIv6wT
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The fatal shooting of another Minneapolis resident by federal agents follows weeks of violent and abusive immigration enforcement actions throughout the city.
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, the second Minneapolis resident killed by federal agents this month, follows weeks of violent and abusive immigration enforcement actions in the city. HRW analyzed and verified eight videos showing before, during, and after the shooting.
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The UN says it is gravely concerned after a senior military leader in South Sudan urged his troops to "spare no-one" including "children, the elderly, and civilians" when they are deployed to opposition-held areas of the country. https://t.co/kELsmvhXzL
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