May 26, 2006
Sometimes, the obvious bears repeating:a court martial like that of Sgt. Santos Cardona, accused of using his military dog to threaten and abuse detainees, is…
May 26, 2006
Senate Immigration Reform Bill Passes, But Contains Provisions That Put Refugees at Risk The Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611) by…
May 25, 2006
The highest-ranking U.S. military officer yet to testify in a detainee abuse case took the witness stand on Wednesday, called by the defense in a…
May 24, 2006
Human Rights First is honored to have once again co-sponsored the Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum with The Carter Center here in Atlanta.
President Carter…
May 24, 2006
The prosecution moved a lot more swiftly than had been anticipated and finished its case today. Dave Dishneau of the AP reports on some of the events from…
May 24, 2006
There were no surprises in the opening statements at the Cardona court martial today. I admit I had half a hope that the prosecution would pick a…
May 23, 2006
The Jury of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) announced today in Atlanta that the 2006 laureates are Akbar Ganji, Iran, and…
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…