Ikechukwu Uzoma

Apr 8, 2024 | justsecurity.org | Ikechukwu Uzoma

Niger’s military junta recently that it would end military cooperation with the United States, a move that has serious implications for U.S. counterterrorism interests across Africa’s Sahel region. It also highlights changing dynamics in the region, due in part to Russia’s rapidly expanding ties with more countries.

Mar 11, 2024 | thehill.com | Kerry Kennedy |Ikechukwu Uzoma

Mahmoud Hussein has endured 10 years of physical and emotional torture in Egypt for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan to a rally. He will likely endure more, unless the international community, including the United States, successfully places enough pressure upon the Egyptian government to end this shameful and continuous injustice against the 28-year old, who has family ties to the U.S.The outrageous story of Hussein — the “T-Shirt Detainee” — has reached a breaking point recently.

May 18, 2023 | justsecurity.org | Ikechukwu Uzoma |Mooya Nyaundi

Filed under:Biden administration, Department of State, detainee, Detention, Evan Gershkovich, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Foreign Policy, Global Magnitsky Act, hostages, International Human Rights, Multilateralism, RussiaRussia’s arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich feeds into a worrying pattern of wrongful detention, including hostage-taking, of Americans overseas. More than 60 U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents are currently wrongfully detained abroad.