February 28, 2006 – Military Commissions in Context as Guantanamo Enters Its Fifth Year

February 28, 2006

Military Commission Trial Observation
Human Rights First, at the invitation of the Department of Defense, is an official observer at the military commissions held…

Human Rights First Releases First Comprehensive Report on Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody

February 22, 2006

Groundbreaking Study Documents Lack of Accountability and Command Failure Despite Homicides, Torture, Harsh Conditions of Detention NEW YORK – FEB. 22 – Human Rights First’s new…

Human Rights First Welcomes Expansion of Congressional Human Rights Caucus Hopes Bicameral Caucus Will Sharpen Focus on Human Rights Issues in the Senate

February 16, 2006

Human Rights First welcomes the recent expansion of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus to the United States Senate. Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, and…

Asylum News 38

February 15, 2006

Dear Colleagues:

Welcome to the new and improved version of Human Rights First’s asylum newsletter. Our goal is to…

Statement of Maureen Byrnes, Executive Director,

February 13, 2006

On the Feb. 13 meeting between President Bush and Secretary General Kofi Annan:

“The announcement that the United States and the United Nations will be…

Human Rights First Calls On President Bush and Secretary General Annan To Use Upcoming Meeting To Develop Initiatives To End Darfur Conflict

February 10, 2006

In Letter, HRF Urges Bush and Annan to Express Support for High-Level UN-Appointed Envoy to Darfur

Human Rights First today sent a letter to President…

Case Closed?

January 26, 2006

By Marc Kusnetz

Late Monday, January 23, the jury in the murder and dereliction of duty trial of Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer imposed three…

Government Motion in Hamdan Serious Challenge to Supreme Court Authority

January 13, 2006

The U.S. Government filed a brief today with the Supreme Court seeking to dismiss the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Guantanamo detainee. The case…