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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.
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  • 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.
  • US: Bipartisan Study Shows Need to Investigate Torture
    Apr 16, 2013
    A bipartisan study finding “indisputable” evidence of torture for which the highest United States officials bear responsibility should spur the US government to thoroughly investigate detainee abuse since September 11, 2001, and provide redress to victims.
  • Joint letter to President Obama on closing Guantanamo
    Apr 11, 2013
    If ever there were a moment to act upon the promise you made over four years ago to shutter the prison, it is now.
  • US: Address Guantanamo Hunger Strike, End Indefinite Detention
    Mar 29, 2013
    The current hunger strike highlights the problem of ongoing detention without charge at Guantanamo.
  • Military commissions don't give victims justice
    Mar 18, 2013
    More than a decade after the attack on the USS Cole, the victims and family members of those lost in the attack are still waiting for justice.
  • US: NY Trial Right for Bin Laden In-Law
    Mar 8, 2013
    The Obama administration’s decision to try an alleged al Qaeda figure in federal court rather than before a military commission at Guantanamo best serves the interests of justice. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who had been an al Qaeda spokesman, was indicted on a criminal charge of conspiracy to kill United States citizens. He appeared in US District Court in Manhattan on March 8, 2013, and pleaded not guilty.
  • Listening In
    Feb 21, 2013
    New revelations at Guantánamo show the walls have ears, and justice is being made a mockery.
  • US: Injustices Filling the Prisons
    Jan 31, 2013

    The enormous prison population in the United States partly reflects harsh sentencing practices contrary to international law, Human Rights Watch said in the US chapter of its World Report 2013.

  • US: Zero Dark Torture
    Jan 11, 2013
    Viewers and critics have been shocked by Zero Dark Thirty's depiction of enhanced interrogation techniques. But, if anything, the film goes way too easy on the CIA.
  • US: Zero Dark Thirty and the Truth About Torture
    Jan 11, 2013
    The movie Zero Dark Thirty, which depicts the hunt for Osama bin Laden, wrongly suggests that torture was an ugly but useful tactic in the fight against terrorism.
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