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New USDOS reports downplay human rights abuses, raising doubts over impartiality and reliability
In this blog, we take a look at how changes to the 2025 USDOS human rights reports impact the country of origin information landscape, and threaten to undermine fair and evidence-based asylum decisions. Two weeks ago, the US State Department released its long-trailed...
U.S. Reopens the Door for Individuals Fleeing Extreme Domestic Violence and Gang Violence
By Alexandra Dufresne Alexandra Dufresne, a U.S.-trained lawyer for children and refugees, is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Asylos. She directs the International NGO Law and Policy Project at ZHAW in Switzerland, where she teaches U.S. and international law. ...
Why Meticulous Country Conditions Research Is Essential to Winning Asylum in the U.S.
by Alexandra Dufresne Alexandra Dufresne is a Trustee of Asylos. She is an American lawyer specialising in refugee, immigration, and child law and policy. She taught seminars in law and policy at Yale from 2006-2015 and currently teaches law at several Swiss...



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