Blumont, a Virginia-based humanitarian aid group responsible for the management of two of Syria’s IS detention camps, al-Hol and al-Roj, was given a stop-work order on 24 January by the US state department.

The camp holds the relatives of suspected IS fighters and is mostly populated by women and children. Rights groups have for years warned that detainees are held arbitrarily without charges in inhumane and substandard living conditions.

No charges have been raised against the camp’s population. Despite this, they are unable to leave, with the exception of non-Syrian detainees whose countries agree to take them back.

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      I usually dislike this sort of editorialising, but you’ve pointed it out, and I can’t say I disagree.

      people detained in tented camps

      If we’re calling the “tented camps” at Guantanamo concentration camps, then these definitely qualify as well.

      The legacy media’s failure to call Nazi salutes and concentration camps what they are is irresponsible and dangerous.

      The only thing you could further do is mention that you’ve editorialised the title in the title itself by [tagging] it.

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      Interesting. AP leaves out the word “alleged” from the title and mentions it later in the article.

      Associated Propaganda doing a bang on job of lying even harder than TheGuardian.

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    For anybody curious what’s going on in this region I highly recommend the podcast The Woman’s War. Its a great listen by the same guy who does Behind the Bastards.

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      Statistically, of your ancestors down the line committed an absolutely heinous act.

      Kill yourself now if you really think your point is valid.

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      Children are ISIS by virtue of blood? Libs have always been nazi apologists but yall don’t even try to be sneaky anymore

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      They’re putting the children of the ISIS members in camps too. Even those who were born there. You think it is justified?