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Asylum News 63

March 30, 2008

Wave of Denials to Stop On March 26, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it would halt denials under the “material support” and “terrorism” bars…

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“Sophistry of the worst and rankest order”

March 27, 2008

That’s what former Republican congressman Bob Barr has to say about the Bush Administration’s refusal to admit that waterboarding is a form of torture. In fact, opposition…

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HRF Applauds Release of Pakistan’s Judges

March 24, 2008

Late last year Human Rights First Executive Director Maureen Byrnes traveled to Pakistan to get a firsthand view of events on the ground. She spoke with…

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Torture Treatment Experts Speak Out

March 24, 2008

Across the country, the reaction to the veto of a bill that would have stopped the CIA from using torture has been overwhelmingly negative. Here’s…

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Iraq: the Refugee Crisis Five Years On

March 19, 2008

Five years into the war in Iraq, more than two million Iraqis are refugees outside of their country, and more than two million are displaced…

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The Overwhelming Opposition to the President’s Torture Ban Veto

March 17, 2008

Here it is again: a round-up of some of the editorial reaction to President Bush’s veto of a bill that would have shut down the…

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HRF Response to China’s Report Rebuke

March 14, 2008

Betsy Apple, director of the Crimes Against Humanity Program at Human Rights First, made the following statement today in response to China’s rebuke of the…

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Transfer Shows: Prisoners Still Held in CIA Program, Now without Congress’ Support

March 14, 2008

Human Rights First’s Washington Director Elisa Massimino released the following statement in response to the recent announcement that Muhammad Rahim was transferred from the CIA…

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