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Escape attempts from the largest detention camp in northeast Syria, Al Hol, have increased this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

After about a month, she and Nijaz were finally released from the detention camp in December 1992.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2025

Bliss, the U.S. is constructing a new 5,000-bed immigrant detention camp.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2025

In 2008, Judge Urbina ordered the release of a number of prisoners being held at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, including 17 from the Uyghur Muslim minority in western China.

From New York Times Jun. 19, 2024

And suddenly I saw the letter about the Jewish detention camp, which I had forgotten all about.

From Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 by Ruth Pierce




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