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Guantánamo: It All Seems So Normal

April 9, 2008

Frank Kendall – Human Rights First volunteer consultant – is in Cuba to monitor the proceedings and is reporting back on events as they unfold.…

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Somali Women’s Rights Activist Wins Roger Baldwin Award

April 8, 2008

NEW YORK—Somali women’s rights activist Hawa Aden Mohamed has been selected to receive the prestigious 2008 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award for international…

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Petraeus and Crocker Testimonies on Refugees Missing Critical Information:

April 8, 2008

In their testimonies this morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker implied that refugees and internally displaced Iraqis…

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Haynes to Cooperate with Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry

April 7, 2008

Newsweek reports that William Haynes, the former general counsel at the Pentagon who had a key role in crafting policies that led to torture and…

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“Near Boilerplate”

April 2, 2008

That’s how John Yoo describes the legal advice he gave to the President. In an 81-page memo, Yoo claimed that executive power…

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Release of 2003 Torture Memo Critical First Step in Accountability

April 2, 2008

Kevin Lanigan is the Director of the Law and Security program at Human Rights First. The following statement is his response to the release of…

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Asylum News 64

April 1, 2008

Book Details Struggles in U.S. Asylum System Kenyan refugee David Ngaruri Kenney had spent years enduring fear and persecution in his home country. After arriving…

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Questions for General Hayden

March 31, 2008

Several weeks ago, Congress passed a bill that would have prevented the CIA from engaging in torture by applying the Army Field Manual…

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