Governments must take urgent action to repatriate their citizens in Northeast Syria. Children can never be held responsible for their parents actions.
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Seven years ago today, we landed in Sweden with the seven orphaned children rescued from northeastern Syria. Their parents had travelled to live under ISIS’ so-called caliphate, and these children had endured massive suffering through war, displacement, and loss.
📸 Rena Effendi
Responsibility over Roj Camp is shifting to the Syrian government, with which most countries of origin have diplomatic relations. This creates a new opportunity to end years of arbitrary detention and find durable, rights-based solutions for the families.
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More than 2,400 children and mothers are still being held in arbitrary detention in Roj Camp and other facilities in northeast Syria on suspicion (often weak) of Islamic State links.
"A new chance in life should be available to all these families," writes Beatrice Eriksson.
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11 mothers held in Roj Camp in Northeast Syria for as long as a decade issue a public plea:
"We reject violent extremist ideology and violence. We want our children to grow up in democratic societies, free from violence and destructive environments..."
justsecurity.org/156646/nort…
11 mothers in Roj Camp #Syria have come together in a unique open letter, making a joint appeal to be released from arbitrary detention and for their governments to bring them and their children home.
@just_security
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New statement from the UN CoI on Syria:
The Commission calls the closure of Roj Camp “long-overdue” and urges states of nationality to support repatriation and rehabilitation without further delay.
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Women and children remain trapped in Syria’s Roj camp
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Depuis cet article de @MiddleEastEye de juin relatant des violences contre les enfants et les femmes dans le camp-prison #Roj en Syrie, et malgré des tentatives de conciliation, les violences commises par les gardes continuent, encore cette semaine.
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'They almost killed my child': Women in Syria's Roj camp describe night of gunfire and fear
Women detained in NE Syria's Roj camp say bullets tore through tents housing children during a confrontation with Kurdish-led security forces
@MiddleEastEye
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Arbitrarily detained women protesting in Roj camp, NE #Syria
”We are tired! Free us. The children want to live”
”We want freedom.
We have been waiting for 9 years.
For our children.
Hear our call for freedom”
”STOP violence against women and children”
The French state is being criticized for leaving two orphaned French children in indefinite detention in Roj despite their exceptional vulnerability and the availability of family members in France willing to receive them.
rfi.fr/fr/france/20260724-sy…
9 children with mothers repatriated from Syria to Azerbaijan!
”The Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan will continue to take all necessary steps to ensure the safe return of its citizens affected by armed conflicts in foreign countries.”
azertag.az/en/xeber/foreign_…
RTC Sweden interviewed in a new documentary by Sky News Arabia
Commenting on the collapse of Al Hol camp
And the potential for recovery when children with armed conflict and detention experience are given safety and the have their rights and needs met
youtu.be/jd5hKPHCtTY?si=q6Ku…
Tunisian families released from arbitrary detention in NE Syria’s Camp Roj
hawarnews.com/en/2-tunisian-…
The last Australian family in Roj, a nine-year-old girl and her mother, has been given permission to return to Australia.
RTC appeals to all 53 states with citizens arbitrarily detained in NES to repatriate their nationals and their family members
apnews.com/article/isis-brid…
Repatriate the Children - Sweden retweeted
"Les gouvernements doivent simplement assumer la responsabilité de leurs propres citoyens. Si quelqu'un est soupçonné d'un crime, enquêtez. S'ils peuvent être poursuivis, poursuivez-les. Mais les enfants ne devraient pas passer toute leur enfance détenus simplement parce que les gouvernements sont réticents à traiter une question politiquement difficile."
@RTC_Swe "
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RTC interviewed by @ReemAouir @MiddleEastEye on the child protection crisis in Roj camp:
”The solution is on the table. It just needs to be implemented."
middleeasteye.net/news/fear-…
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Following the SDF's territorial losses in Syria, women say camp personnel are taking out their frustration on them.
Per @RTC_Swe since January violence against women/children has intensified in al-roj camp, while Weastern governments "lack political will" to repatriate nationals
Azerbaijan repatriates 16 children and their mothers from Syria, and announces that they
will continue to take all necessary steps to ensure the safe return of its citizens affected by armed conflicts in foreign countries.
azertag.az/en/xeber/azerbaij…
The Brussels Court of Appeal ordered the Belgian state to “take the necessary measures” to enable a Belgian mother and her minor daughter, who are currently detained in Roj camp, to come home to Belgium
belganewsagency.eu/court-ord…