January 22, 2008
NEW YORK – A group of international human rights experts and activists will participate in a panel discussion to mark the 10th anniversary of an…
January 13, 2008
McConnell says it would be torture if he were waterboarded. But he won’t say it would be torture if used against others.
Intelligence Chief Couches…
January 10, 2008
These retired officers are speaking out to bring detainee treatment back into line with the Geneva Conventions and ensure that torture is never again a…
January 1, 2008
Material Support Waiver Legislation On December 26, 2007, President Bush signed into law an appropriations bill that included a provision expanding the discretionary authority of the…
December 28, 2007
New York – Emadeddin Baghi, a leading Iranian human rights activist and journalist suffered an apparent heart attack on December 26 while being held in…
December 27, 2007
“Human Rights First sends its condolences to the family and friends of Benazir Bhutto and all those killed in today’s attacks. Today’s assassination is a…
December 21, 2007
NEW YORK–Today Human Rights First joined with 11 other leading human rights organizations in a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In the letter,…
December 20, 2007
Just when you thought the National Review’s editors had said all they could say in defense of the Bush Administration’s pro-torture policies, they go and…