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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…