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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

US and UK complicit in detentions at Syrian camps where torture rife, says Amnesty

Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces at a refugee camp
Syrian Democratic Forces troops take part in a search operation inside al-Hawl camp in north-eastern Syria. Photograph: Ahmed Mardnli/EPA

The US and UK are complicit in the detention of thousands of people, including British nationals, in camps and facilities in north-east Syria where disease, torture and death are rife, according to Amnesty International.

In a report, the charity says the western-backed region’s autonomous authorities are responsible for large-scale human rights violations against people held since the end of the ground war against Islamic State (IS) more than five years ago.

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