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Detention Reform – Still Lacking Due Process
August 24, 2009
Still getting press play: the planned overhaul of the immigration detention system announced by the Department of Homeland Security a couple of weeks ago. It’s…
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Rights Group Welcomes First Step in Accountability for Prisoner Abuse
August 24, 2009
Washington, DC Human Rights First welcomes today … Read More
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More Bad News about Blackwater?
August 20, 2009
The specifics are unclear but an article in the New York Times today reports that the CIA turned to Blackwater for help in a secret…
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Suspect in Indonesian Murder Case to Go Free
July 10, 2009
There has been a major setback for human rights in Indonesia. The Indonesian Supreme Court has posted a document stating that on June 15 it denied the…
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Human Rights First Calls on Congress to Fortify Efforts to Prevent Torture
May 13, 2009
Washington, DC Today, as the Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts holds a hearing to examine “what went wrong” in the Bush Administration’s…
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Rights Group Decries Government of Sudan’s Decision to Expel Humanitarian Aid Groups, Insists that Orders Must be Rescinded
March 5, 2009
New York – Human Rights First decries the Government of Sudan’s decision yesterday to revoke the operating licenses for several humanitarian aid organizations in Sudan.…
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Hearing on Getting to the Truth Through a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry
March 4, 2009
A New York Times editorial today discusses two important developments this week: the admission that the CIA destroyed 92 videotapes of interrogation, and the release…
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Rights Group Urges International Community to Back Charges Against Sudan’s President, Cease Arms Sales Immediately
March 4, 2009
New York – Today’s decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for General Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan, is a…
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2008 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
February 25, 2009
New York, NY – The release today of the State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices follows a number of positive steps taken…
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General Taguba Supports Truth Commission: “You can’t sweep unlawful activities under the table”
February 23, 2009
Our friend retired Major General Tony Taguba in an interview with Salon.com called for a nonpartisan fact-finding commission to provide some degree of accountability for misguided and…
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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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Rights Group Launches Series of Blueprints for the Obama Administration
January 5, 2009
New York – A leading rights group has released a series of blueprints laying out detailed, multi-phased strategies for how the Obama administration should act…