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. Fadekemi Akinfaderin, Fòs Feminista’s co-chief officer of global advocacy, noted: “While we see the United States backsliding in protecting their citizens’ sexual and reproductive rights, feminist movements in the Global South, including here in Sierra Leone, are decriminalizing abortion and advancing gender and reproductive justice. I’m hopeful today’s announcement gives activists in the U.S.
to their homes, breaking with its previous policy of refusal to repatriate women and children from Syrian camps on the grounds of national security. For years, France has resisted calls by security and human rights groups to repatriate adult women, claiming that they are “fighters” who should face trial in Syria and Iraq for their alleged crimes.
These women and children, along with thousands of other individuals from over 60 countries, were being held infor families of Islamic State suspects. These specific camps have existed since at least 2019, but none of the detainees have been charged or brought before a court. In February of this year, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child urged France to consider repatriation, claiming that France has violated the right to life of the French nationals in the camps. Committee memberthat “the children are living in inhuman sanitary conditions, lacking basic necessities including water, food and health care, and facing an imminent risk of death” and “every day that passes there is a renewed possibility for further casualties.
While France has yet to repatriate all French nationals from these camps, with many men in particular remaining in detention, many believe that this is a step in the right direction.On July 15, the European Commission
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