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Why Should This Court Martial Care About Waterboarding?

May 23, 2006

“Lots of people in the world care if waterboarding happened at Guantanamo. Why should this court martial care?” So asked the presiding Judge, Lieutenant Colonel…

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UN Anti-Torture Experts Urge United States to Stop Illegal Conduct

May 19, 2006

Human Rights First welcomes the publication of a report by the Committee Against Torture on the United States’ compliance with the Convention Against Torture.

The…

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President’s Border Control Plan Ignores Impact on Refugees

May 17, 2006

Earlier this week President Bush outlined his plan for enhanced border control and immigration reform. Missing from the President’s speech – and from…

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U.N. Convention Against Torture Observations

May 3, 2006

Gabor Rona, International Legal Director for Human Rights First, is in Geneva observing the United States’ presentations to the Committee and will also brief the Committee…

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United States to Appear Before Committee Against Torture

May 3, 2006

WHAT: Human Rights First’s international legal director, Gabor Rona, will be reporting from Geneva this week as the United States testifies before the Committee Against Torture,…

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Muhammad Challenges the Commissions; His Lawyer Raises an Ethical Objection and Pleads the Fifth

April 6, 2006

April 6, 2006 Human Rights First, at the invitation of the Department of Defense, is an official observer at the military commissions held at the…

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Khadr Boycotts Hearings, Challenges Conditions of Confinement

April 5, 2006

April 5, 2006 Human Rights First, at the invitation of the Department of Defense, is an official observer at the military commissions held at the…

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More on Smith’s Sentence

March 23, 2006

The New York Times has a very good piece looking at the Smith sentence of six months in the context of others punished, noting the absence of…

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