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Human Rights First Experts Available For Analysis Of Administration Proposal To Redefine War Crimes

August 9, 2006

NEW YORK, NY – Human Rights First today highlighted the severe consequences of the Bush Administration’s proposal to dilute humane treatment protections by exempting certain…

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Human Rights First Observing CIA Contractor Abuse Trial

August 3, 2006

On Monday August 7, the trial of David Passaro, a CIA contractor, opens in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina,…

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Asylum News 44

August 1, 2006

DOJ Announces Immigration Court Reforms

On August 9, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced reforms to the immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals. These…

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Wide Disparities in Immigration Court Asylum Denials

July 31, 2006

Immigration judges deny asylum applications at widely disparate rates, according to a new report issued by Syracuse University’s Transaction Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). Most judges…

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Henry Griggs Joins HRF as Director of Communications

July 31, 2006

NEW YORK, NY – Human Rights First (HRF) today announced the appointment of Henry Griggs as the organization’s new Director of Communications.

For the last…

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Noncombatants in Lebanon and Israel Must Be Protected

July 28, 2006

NEW YORK – In the face of escalating conflict in Lebanon and Israel, Human Rights First calls upon Hezbollah, and the Israeli government to exercise…

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Darfur: Former Political Prisoner Outlines Road Map For Peace

July 27, 2006

Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Chair of the Sudan Social Development Organization, has written a proposal for advancing the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation laid out in…

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Secretary Rumsfeld Continues to Argue Against Responsibility for Torture and Abuse

July 24, 2006

In the latest development in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and Human Rights First against Secretary Rumsfeld, on July 21, 2006, the Secretary reasserted…

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