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"Google's Gatekeepers" raises concerns and questions
There's a lot to say about Jeffrey Rosen's piece on "Google's Gatekeepers" in the Times Magazine on Sunday. Rosen shines much-needed light on the internal process for making decisions about removing content and responding to user and government requests for censorship at Google. Many have commented on the risks of entrusting so few people at a relatively small number of companies with so much ... Read More
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Iraq's Refugees - Not Disappearing
Are we at risk of taking our eyes off the ball? Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) is quoted in this morning's Washington Post on the Iraq war asking just that question. The paper's editorial page urges the Obama administration to continue to focus attention and resources on an Iraq that's far from stable, even as it prioritizes other foreign policy concerns. We'd highlight one important component of the ... Read More
Military Commission Trial Observation at Guantanamo
The Detainee Dance at Gitmo
David Danzig – Deputy Program Director at Human Rights First – is in Cuba to monitor the proceedings and report back on events as they unfold.Guantánamo Bay, July 16, 2009: At 1:40 PM the court room was prepared for motions to be heard against five men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks, except that one of the detainees was talking with his attorney in such a loud tone that it was difficult for... Read More
Prosecuting Terrorism
Save the Date: HRF Panel Discussion on the First 100 Days - U.S. Leadership on Human Rights & National Security
Reestablishing U.S. Leadership on Human Rights & National Security: Accomplishments of the First 100 Days and Next Steps for the Obama AdministrationPresented by Human Rights FirstTuesday, April 21, 2009, 8:30 AM – 1:00 PMThe Freedom Forum at the Newseum555 Pennsylvania Ave., 8th Floor, N.W., Washington, DC(Please use 6th street entrance) 8:30 AM: Breakfast. The Honorable Chuck Hagel, U.S. ... Read More
Refugee Protection Program
Bi-Partisan Task Force Encourages the United States to Uphold the Highest Standards for Due Process and Fair Treatment of Asylum Seekers
In its recently released report, the bi-partisan, Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy [hereinafter “the Task Force”] co-chaired by Jeb Bush, President, Jeb Bush & Associates LLC, and Thomas F. McLarty III, President, McLarty Associates, and sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) cited U.S. refugee policies as an area in need of immediate and serious review. Given this ... Read More
Today We Have More Hope
Like you, I have been looking forward to this election for a long time. It offered the chance for our country to turn a new face to the world – to return to our fundamental values and restore U.S. credibility and global leadership on human rights.
The promises of change on the campaign trail are now challenges President-elect Obama will face, head-on, come January. He and his administration ... Read More
A Crisis Looms Large in Darfur
Yesterday the United Nations and the Government of Sudan released a joint assessment that begins to calculate the enormous humanitarian implications that expelling thirteen aid groups from Sudan will have on civilians in Sudan, particularly in the Darfur region. The estimates are grim: more than a million people will go without food rations by May and water could run out in some camps for ... Read More
We Can End Torture Now
Former Vice President Cheney -- Wrong Again
Check out the Director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, Allen Keller, writing at Huffington Post about just how wrong the former Vice President's facts were in his torture-defending speech last Thursday. Key point:Torture is neither reliable in eliciting accurate information nor in promoting national security. It is a violation of domestic and international law. Our use of ... Read More