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Human Rights First Calls on Secretary Rice to Recognize U.S. Obligations under Convention Against Torture
December 6, 2005
In a letter sent to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today, Human Rights First called on Rice to unequivocally recognize U.S. obligations under the Convention Against Torture.…
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Secretary Rice’s Comments on Secret Detentions and Torture Obscure the Facts and the Law
December 5, 2005
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s remarks today defending U.S. counterterrorism policies as compliant with the U.S. Constitution, laws and treaty obligations are difficult to square…
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Human Rights First Reports the World is Letting Uzbekistan Get Away with Murder
November 9, 2005
NEW YORK – November 13, 2005 will mark six months since the massacre of hundreds of protestors in Andizhan, Uzbekistan. Though the death toll and…
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Human Rights First Welcomes Senator’s About Face on Bill Limiting Human Rights Accountability
November 4, 2005
Human Rights First welcomes the decision of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) not to move forward with legislation she introduced last month to limit the use…
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Human Rights Advocates Call on Uzbek Government for Release of Activist
October 26, 2005
Mukhtabar Tojibaeva, a well-known human rights activist in Uzbekistan, was arrested at her home earlier this month. Human Rights First has mobilized its grassroots support…
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Twenty-Seven Detainee Homicides in U.S. Custody
October 19, 2005
Lax Policies and Inadequate Investigations Create Culture of Impunity, Human Rights First Research Shows NEW YORK, NY – More than 100 detainees have died in…
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Counterterrorism Cooperation Between Uzbekistan and Malaysia May Encourage Abuses
October 5, 2005
NEW YORK –– Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi of Malaysia signed agreements Monday, October 3rd, establishing their cooperation in a number…
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Human Rights First, Former Navy Judge Advocate General Praise Senate Passage of McCain Amendment to Reform U.S. Interrogation Policy
October 5, 2005
Urge House to Adopt Senate Language & White House to Withdraw Veto Threat Washington, DC –– Human Rights First and a former Navy Judge Advocate…
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Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikes
September 30, 2005
Human Rights First is deeply troubled by the repeated hunger strikes by detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay — the latest symptom…
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Senate Should Question Roberts on Presidential Power and International Treaty Obligations
September 9, 2005
As the Senate prepares to consider the nomination of Judge John Roberts to the position of Chief Justice of the United States, Human Rights First…
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Human Rights First Statement on the Fourth Anniversary of September 11
September 9, 2005
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Since those horrific attacks, the U.S. government has taken a number of actions to protect…
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Memos Reveal Military Lawyers’ Anger Over White House Interrogation Policy
July 25, 2005
Washington, DC — Recently released memoranda from high-ranking military lawyers reveal the alarm and misgivings that the legal offices of the Marines, Air Force, Army…