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Fact Check: President Bush on Torture
October 5, 2007
Today, President Bush continued to defend flawed legal opinions that leave the door open to torture. Instead of leveling with the American people about what…
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All Senators Agree: U.S. Must Help Iraqi Refugees
September 28, 2007
WASHINGTON — Members of the U.S. Senate last night unanimously endorsed bipartisan legislation that will help bring Iraqi refugees – including those who are at…
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The Next Attorney General Must Uphold the Rule of Law
September 17, 2007
The confirmation of a new Attorney General provides an opportunity to change course at the Department of Justice. President Bush has nominated Judge Michael B.…
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Asylum News 57
September 1, 2007
Update: Material Support On September 19, Human Rights First Senior Counsel Anwen Hughes testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law,…
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Human Rights Leaders from More than 20 Countries to Meet September 6 and 7 in Atlanta to Discuss Prevention of Mass Atrocities, Role of Faith in Advancing Rights
August 31, 2007
ATLANTA — Leading human rights defenders from more than 20 countries will meet here September 6 and 7 at a forum sponsored by Human Rights…
June 4, 2007 – Back to Guantanamo One Year Later
June 4, 2007
— June 4, 2007 Back to Guantanamo One Year Later So much has happened since my last trip to Guantanamo Bay over a year ago…
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June 4, 2007 – Back to Guantanamo One Year Later
June 4, 2007
Military Commission Trial Observation Human Rights First, at the invitation of the Department of Defense, is an official observer at the military commissions held at…
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Military Commissions Resume Under Clouds Over Credibility
June 4, 2007
Human Rights First, at the invitation of the Department of Defense, is an official observer at the military commissions held at the U.S. Naval Base…
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Mike Posner on the Question of ‘Enhanced Interrogation’
May 3, 2007
On Monday, April 30, former CIA Director George Tenet published his memoir, At the Center of the Storm. Much of the coverage of the book has…
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State Department’s Human Rights Reports Omit US Involvement in Abuses Abroad
March 7, 2007
OVERVIEW This year’s report opens with a forthright assessment of the important work by individual and groups that are human rights defenders. That acknowledgement is a…
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President Bush’s Press Conference on Military Commissions and National Security, September 15, 2006
September 15, 2006
Application of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions What the President said: “Common Article 3 says that…there will be no outrages upon human dignity.…
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Worldwide Mobilization Calls for End to Mass Slaughter in Darfur
September 14, 2006
NEW YORK — In response to the worsening situation in Darfur, communities around the world will hold events this Sunday, September 17 as part of…