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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…