• US: Question FBI Nominee on ‘Torture Memos’
    Jul 1, 2013

    United States Senate Judiciary Committee members considering James Comey for the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should question him on his apparent approval of legal memos authorizing torture.

  • US: Protect National Security Whistleblowers
    Jun 18, 2013
    The United States should protect people who use classified or other sensitive government information to expose what appear to be serious human rights violations and other government wrongdoing, Human Rights Watch said in a statement released today.
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  • US: Question FBI Nominee on ‘Torture Memos’
    Jul 1, 2013

    United States Senate Judiciary Committee members considering James Comey for the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should question him on his apparent approval of legal memos authorizing torture.

  • Joint letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on confirmation hearing for James B. Comey
    Jul 1, 2013
    The public does not know the full scope of Mr. Comey’s role in the approval and use of torture and other abuse. We urge you to have him explain that role during his confirmation process.
  • Attorney-Client Privilege? Not at Gitmo
    Jun 28, 2013
    Pretrial hearings last week at Guantanamo detailed the damage from the latest round of severe restrictions on attorney-client communications, which the base’s prison commander imposed in late 2011.
  • Justice delayed for Chad
    Jun 25, 2013

    When President Obama visits Senegal this week, he will have the opportunity to show his support for a bold initiative to bring to justice the dictator responsible for torturing me and thousands of my countrymen.

  • Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 20 June
    Jun 20, 2013
  • Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 19 June
    Jun 19, 2013
  • US: Protect National Security Whistleblowers
    Jun 18, 2013
    The United States should protect people who use classified or other sensitive government information to expose what appear to be serious human rights violations and other government wrongdoing, Human Rights Watch said in a statement released today.
  • US: Statement on Protection of Whistleblowers in Security Sector
    Jun 18, 2013
    The recent public disclosures of US National Security Agency (NSA) dragnet surveillance have given new urgency to an important global debate on what controls are needed to ensure that the rights of people everywhere to privacy, expression, information and association are adequately protected.
  • Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 7 June 2013
    Jun 7, 2013
    The news at the moment is dominated by the PRISM scandal...
  • Joint letter to Secretary Kerry on alleged torture at Abu Ghraib
    May 31, 2013
    We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to urge the United States government to allow Taha Yaseen Arraq Rashid, Asa’ad Hamza Hanfoosh Al-Zuba’e and Suhail Najim Abdullah Al Shimari to travel from Iraq to the United States to participate in a lawsuit they brought against a private military contractor, CACI Premier Technology, Inc., alleging torture and other abuse at Abu Ghraib.
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