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Obama Invokes State Secrets Privilege in Torture Case

February 9, 2009

New York, NY – The Obama administration’s apparent decision to carry forward the Bush administration’s effort to prevent courts from hearing claims for compensation for…

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Rights Group Hails Senator Leahy’s Call for Independent Inquiry into Post-9/11 Abuses

February 8, 2009

Washington, DC – In a lecture this morning at Georgetown University, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy rightly called for an independent inquiry into post-9/11 abuses, including…

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Nominee to Head CIA Agrees to Make Public Costs of Bush Interrogation Policy

February 5, 2009

Washington, DC – At his confirmation hearing this afternoon Leon Panetta, who has been nominated to head the CIA, agreed to work to release to…

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Blackwater will Exit but Contractor Problem Persists

February 2, 2009

Washington, DC – Even after Blackwater leaves Iraq now that the Iraqi government has denied them an operation license, the United States government will continue…

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Murder of Prominent Russian Human Rights Defender Must be Investigated

January 20, 2009

 New York, NY – Human Rights First condemns the murders of Russians Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova. On January 19, Stanislav Markelov, a human rights…

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Accountability Needed for Murder of Indonesian Rights Defender

December 29, 2008

NEW YORK, December 29, 2008 -The verdict expected on December 31, 2008, in the trial of a senior intelligence official charged with the murder of…

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Blueprint for Obama Administration Provides Strategy for Stopping Arms to Sudan

December 22, 2008

NEW YORK – As the violence continues to escalate in Darfur, a leading human rights group today released a detailed strategy for President-elect…

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Human Rights Group Requests Stay in KSM’s Military Commission Case

December 22, 2008

New York–Human Rights First filed a friend-of-the-court brief today, requesting a stay of proceedings in the military commission case of the alleged 9/11 conspirators, United…

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