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US: Fulfill Promises to Close Guantanamo

US President Barack Obama should move swiftly to fulfill newly repeated promises to end indefinite detention without trial at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

A New Chance to Act on Guantanamo

May 9, 2013
How to Close Guantanamo

May 2, 2013
US: Fulfill Promises to Close Guantanamo

Apr 30, 2013
Guantanamo Bay and Indefinite Detention - Hunger Strike Continues

Apr 25, 2013

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US: Statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the AUMF, Targeted Killing, & Guantanamo

May 16, 2013

On May 16, 2013, the US Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing entitled “The Law of Armed Conflict, the Use of Military Force, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force”. Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, gave the following testimony before the committee.
Joint letter to Chuck Hagel on the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners at Guantánamo Bay

May 13, 2013

We write to request that you intervene to end the force-feeding of competent hunger-striking prisoners in Guantánamo Bay, which constitutes cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
Saudi Arabia: Cleric who Backed Protests on Trial for His Life

May 10, 2013

Saudi authorities should ensure a fair trial for the Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
A New Chance to Act on Guantanamo

May 9, 2013

The last time Amina al-Rabeii video conferenced from Yemen with her brother Salman, a detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, she barely recognized the skeletal man on the screen.
Joint letter to President Obama on SSCI Study of CIA Interrogation and Detention Program

May 6, 2013

In order to ensure the Executive Branch response is as objective and comprehensive as possible, we strongly urge you to designate a senior White House official to coordinate a single Executive Branch response, incorporating the views of all the relevant agencies.
How to Close Guantanamo

May 2, 2013

President Barack Obama finally broke his long silence on Tuesday on the need to close Guantanamo. Echoing comments he made four years ago -- when, on his second day in office he promised to close the facility within a year -- he said "Guantanamo is not necessary to keep America safe. It is expensive. It is inefficient.... It needs to be closed." Welcome words, but it's unlikely they will brighten the day of the 100 men currently on hunger strike at the facility.
Letter to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior Concerning the Alleged Assault of Sulaiman Binjassim

May 1, 2013

I write to seek urgent clarification regarding steps that the Kuwaiti authorities have taken or are taking to investigate and bring to justice any special forces officers who allegedly inflicted a severe physical assault on human rights activist Sulaiman Binjassim after they apprehended him close to a demonstration in the al-Andalus area on April 17, 2013.
US: Fulfill Promises to Close Guantanamo

Apr 30, 2013

US President Barack Obama should move swiftly to fulfill newly repeated promises to end indefinite detention without trial at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
Guantanamo Bay and Indefinite Detention - Hunger Strike Continues

Apr 25, 2013

More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the US-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, bringing the reported total to 93 out of 166 held at the facility.
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.

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