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  • The Forgotten Defendant of Guantanamo
    Nov 19, 2009
    Commentary

    Prosecutors, defense counsel, a military judge, several journalists and a handful of non-governmental organization observers like myself convened at Guantanamo Bay this week for what was to be the first hearing for a Guantanamo defendant under the Obama administration's "new and improved" military commissions.

  • US: Federal Court Prosecution of 9/11 Suspects a Victory for Justice
    Nov 13, 2009
    Press release

    Obama administration’s decision to prosecute the September 11 suspects in federal court represents an important step forward for justiceObama administration’s decision to prosecute the September 11 suspects in federal court represents an important step forward for justice.

  • Italy/US: Italian Court Rebukes CIA Rendition Practice
    Nov 4, 2009
    Press release

    An Italian court’s conviction of 23 agents of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for kidnapping is an historic repudiation of the CIA’s crimes. The Milan court also found that two Italian officials illegally collaborated in CIA abuses.

  • Italy/US: Ruling Expected in Historic CIA Rendition Case
    Nov 3, 2009
    Press release

    The verdict expected Wednesday in a landmark case may present a historic legal challenge to the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) rendition program.

  • US: Revised Military Commissions Remain Substandard
    Oct 28, 2009
    Press release

    The military commissions legislation that President Barack Obama signed into law today does not remedy the commissions’ inherent flaws.

  • Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights
    Oct 9, 2009
    Press release

    (New York, October 9, 2009) – The award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama should encourage him to apply his stated principles to both foreign and domestic human rights policy.

  • US: New Legislation on Military Commissions Doesn’t Fix Fundamental Flaws
    Oct 8, 2009
    Press release

    Draft legislation on military commissions fails to remedy the system’s serious flaws.

  • Europe must come clean on its involvement in CIA torture
    Sep 24, 2009
    Commentary

    The ‘war on terror' long ago added ‘waterboarding' and ‘rendition' to the language of public life, but only now is the scale of abuse committed during the ‘war' truly becoming apparent.

  • UK: Ethiopian ‘Assurances’ No Guarantee Against Torture
    Sep 17, 2009
    Press release

    The UK government should not rely on unreliable "diplomatic assurances" against torture to deport national security suspects to Ethiopia.

  • Remembering 9/11
    Sep 11, 2009
    Press release

    On September 12, 2001, Human Rights Watch issued a statement condemning the 9/11 attacks, calling on the Bush administration to "uphold the principles that came under attack yesterday, respecting innocent life and international law." Eight years later, we repost our original statement.

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