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Organized foreign terrorist groups and their supporters continue to present a threat to the United States and the US Government continues to wrestle with

the most effective way to handle captured terrorism suspects consistent with American values and the rule of law.

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Egypt’s Targeting Of Human Rights Defenders Is No Way to Fight Terrorism

WASHINGTON — Sentencing human rights defenders (HRDs) to long terms in prison is no way to confront terrorism, Human Rights First said today in response to the conviction of leading…

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An Insider View: January 6th Coup Attempt Demonstrated the Need for Proactive Human Rights Tools and DHS Leadership

A year ago the United States experienced the most existential threat to its imperfect democracy since the Civil War. The attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th reached…

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PROSECUTING TERRORISM

Federal trials protect human rights—and the United States. Military commissions at Gitmo, now in their third incarnation, are a failed experiment. Structurally shoddy and constitutionally dubious, they have produced few…

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Human Rights First Statement on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

WASHINGTON — Human Rights First’s President and CEO Mike Breen, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11, with the following statement. “Two decades after…

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Accountability

20 Years After 9/11: Rights-Based Policies for a New Era

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