December 20, 2007
President Bush was asked about the destruction of the CIA torture tapes at this morning’s press conference. He said that he’d “reserve judment” on the…
December 19, 2007
Today in the Senate, the man nominated to be Attorney General Mukasey’s deputy at the Department of Justice started trying to impress his prospective boss…
December 19, 2007
From today’s New York Times:
At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between…
December 18, 2007
Looks like the Courts aren’t buying the Administration’s argument that only the Executive Branch should be looking into the CIA’s destruction of…
December 18, 2007
NEW YORK – Yesterday’s decision by the Guatemalan Constitutional Court to deny the extradition of former military officials accused of genocide and other crimes is…
December 17, 2007
TEL AVIV – A majority of European governments get a poor grade in their efforts to tackle violent hate crimes, according to Human Rights First’s…
December 17, 2007
From December 9 to 14, Human Rights First Executive Director Maureen Byrnes traveled to Pakistan to get a firsthand view of events on the ground.…
December 14, 2007
From the Washington Post.
5 Myths About Torture
By Darius Rejali
Sunday, December 16, 2007; B03
So the CIA did indeed torture…