January 11, 2007
The track record of the United States detention program at the Guantanamo Bay naval base can be summed up quite simply: five years, zero convictions.
…January 2, 2007
Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, but his execution was the culmination of a legal process that…
January 1, 2007
Material Support Update: Progress for Some Asylum Seekers; Process Still Unknown The administration announced on January 11 a plan to address the impact on asylum…
December 19, 2006
“Mr. Eliasson’s appointment is an important step on the road to a peaceful resolution of the Darfur crisis. It is welcome and we commend it.…
December 6, 2006
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights First today argued before a federal court that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld should be…
December 6, 2006
New York, NY – Human Rights First welcomes the release of Cuban activist and independent librarian Héctor Palacios Ruíz on December 6, 2006. Palacios is…
December 1, 2006
U.N. Review of Refugee Detention? This month marked the international celebrations of Human Rights Day and International Migrants Day. Here in the United States, when…
November 21, 2006
Human Rights First welcomed the release November 20 of Cuban journalist Oscar Mario González Pérez, who had been held without trial since his arrest in…