• If all options are open, why not prosecute Abu Qatada in the UK?
    Apr 25, 2013
    Listening to Theresa May’s statement to Parliament today, it seems the British government is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan to face terrorism charges.
  • 10 years on, Iraq ignores promised reforms in human rights
    Mar 19, 2013
    On the 10th anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein, violence and political crisis plague Iraq. The government blames its problems on regional interference, the unceasing threat of terrorism and the specter of Saddam Hussein’s Baathism. Implicit in their thinking is the idea that rights violations are justified by the state’s responsibility to prevent terrorism.
  • Military commissions don't give victims justice
    Mar 18, 2013
    More than a decade after the attack on the USS Cole, the victims and family members of those lost in the attack are still waiting for justice.
  • What Rules Should Govern US Drone Attacks?
    Mar 11, 2013
  • Listening In
    Feb 21, 2013
    New revelations at Guantánamo show the walls have ears, and justice is being made a mockery.
  • Enhance This Interrogation
    Feb 6, 2013
    The Senate confirmation hearings need to get to the bottom of the truth about CIA chief nominee John Brennan.
  • A Dangerous Model
    Feb 1, 2013
    The US should reveal its legal rationale for drone attacks.
  • US: Zero Dark Torture
    Jan 11, 2013
    Viewers and critics have been shocked by Zero Dark Thirty's depiction of enhanced interrogation techniques. But, if anything, the film goes way too easy on the CIA.