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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.
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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Getting Away with Torture

The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees
No Direction Home

Returns from Guantanamo to Yemen
Fighting Terrorism Fairly and Effectively

Recommendations for President-Elect Barack Obama

Guantanamo

Attorney-Client Privilege? Not at Gitmo

Jun 28, 2013
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.
Guantanamo: ‘An Unmitigated Disaster’

May 20, 2013

Seven days after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush signed the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), a joint resolution passed by Congress that empowered the president to use force against those responsible for the attacks. More than 11 years later that law is still in effect.
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.
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.

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