Bill Frelick is the Refugee Rights Director. Alison Parker is the US Co-Director at Human Rights Watch. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/bill-frelick-alison-parker/rss en Laws & Policy Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Bill Frelick & Alison Parker https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/03/23/hrw-u-s-sends-the-wrong-message-to-turkey https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/03/23/hrw-u-s-sends-the-wrong-message-to-turkey In February, the governor of the Turkish province of Kilis not only said that the U.S. had encouraged Turkey to close its border, he compared Turkey’s restrictive measures with the U.S.’s own actions at its border with Mexico. Bill Frelick and Alison Parker of Human Rights Watch review these claims.