Discrimination and Abuse of Discretion

Congressional Testimony on The Law of the Land: U.S. Implementation of Human Rights Treaties

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:55:00 -0800

Mr. Chairman, Subcommittee members:

Thank you for inviting Human Rights Watch to comment on the United States' implementation of international human rights treaties to which it is a party.

Letter to Holder Supporting Criminal Prosecution for Counterterrorism Abuses

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:03:31 -0700

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Attorney General of the United States
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001

Dear Attorney General Holder:

US: Investigate Bush-Era Interrogation Abuses

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:33:20 -0700

(New York) - The US Department of Justice should open a criminal investigation into post-9/11 interrogation practices, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder released today.

Jails must take measures to stop prisoner sex abuse

Jamie Fellner, senior counsel for the US program — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:39:17 -0700

"I'm afraid to go to sleep, to shower or just about anything else. I am afraid that when I am doing these things, I might die at any time. Please, sir, help me."

For years, we have been shocked by stories of the abuse - much of it sexual - of security detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.

Race, Drugs, and Law Enforcement in the United States

Jamie Fellner, senior counsel to the US program — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:18:51 -0700

Part I: Race Defines the Problem
Part II: Who Engages in Drug Offenses?
A. Arrests and Incarceration of Drug Offenders
B. Incarceration

US: Rescind Regulation Jeopardizing Women’s Health

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:17:48 -0700

(New York) - The Obama administration should rescind the Bush-era regulation that allows healthcare workers to deny women essential health information and services, Human Rights Watch said today. April 9, 2009, is the final day for public comment on a proposal to rescind the regulation, the "provider conscience rule."

In Misery, in Danger, Hidden and Unheard

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:36:51 -0700

US: Immigration Detention Neglects Health

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:01:00 -0700

(Miami) - The medical care system in US immigration detention is dangerously inadequate, with unique consequences for women, and improving health care for immigration detainees should be a top priority for the new administration, Human Rights Watch and the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC) said.

Decades of Disparity

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:37:07 -0800

This 20-page report says that adult African Americans were arrested on drug charges at rates that were 2.8 to 5.5 times as high as those of white adults in every year from 1980 through 2007, the last year for which complete data were available. About one in three of the more than 25.4 million adult drug arrestees during that period was African American.

US: Drug Arrests Skewed by Race

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:01:00 -0800