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Lithuania: Reopen Investigation Into Secret CIA Prisons

Jun 25, 2013

As Lithuania takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency it should lead by example, meet its legal obligations, and reopen its investigation into its own complicity in CIA secret prisons, US enforced disappearances, and alleged torture.
Morocco/Western Sahara: Dubious Confessions, Tainted Trials

Jun 21, 2013

Morocco’s courts are convicting defendants based on confessions they claim were obtained through torture or falsified by police, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The country’s judicial reform agenda needs to include stronger safeguards to ensure that courts discard as evidence any statement made to the police under torture or ill-treatment.

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In the Name of Security

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Lithuania: Reopen Investigation Into Secret CIA Prisons

Jun 25, 2013

As Lithuania takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency it should lead by example, meet its legal obligations, and reopen its investigation into its own complicity in CIA secret prisons, US enforced disappearances, and alleged torture.
Morocco’s Fast Track to Guilty

Jun 21, 2013

The courts can be reformed in countless ways but fair trials are possible only when the judiciary asserts its oversight over the police and tempers its readiness to accept contested statements into evidence.
Morocco/Western Sahara: Dubious Confessions, Tainted Trials

Jun 21, 2013

Morocco’s courts are convicting defendants based on confessions they claim were obtained through torture or falsified by police, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The country’s judicial reform agenda needs to include stronger safeguards to ensure that courts discard as evidence any statement made to the police under torture or ill-treatment.
Libya: No Impunity for ‘Black Saturday’ Benghazi Deaths

Jun 13, 2013

Libyan authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the violent clashes in Benghazi on June 8, 2013, that left 32 people dead. The authorities should also hold those who violated the law accountable, the group said.
Yemen: Order to Free Hunger Strikers Ignored

Jun 5, 2013

Prison officials in Yemen should carry out a June 5, 2013 order by President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to the attorney general to release immediately 19 of 22 detainees on a hunger strike. The detainees have been held for 18 months without charge.
UN Human Rights Council: US Should Stop Detaining Individuals Without Charge or Trial at Guantanamo and Bagram

Jun 5, 2013

The United States continues to detain individuals for indefinite periods without charge or trial at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan in violation of its obligations under international human rights law.
US/Yemen: "I just want the U.S. to send my father home"

May 24, 2013

The family of a Gitmo detainee twice cleared for transfer remains pessimistic, despite Obama's speech vowing reform.
US: Pledges to End ‘War,’ Close Guantanamo

May 24, 2013

United States President Barack Obama’s new call to transfer detainees from Guantanamo and wind down the “war” with al-Qaeda could jumpstart a US counterterrorism policy more consistent with US human rights obligations.
Obama Rejects Perpetual War, But Questions Remain About Targeted Killings

May 23, 2013
US: Policy Recommendations on Counterterrorism

May 21, 2013

On May 23, 2013, US President Barack Obama will give a speech at the National Defense University on counterterrorism policy. Human Rights Watch has long reported on US counterterrorism policy, and has recently made a number of recommendations that address issues on the president’s agenda.

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