Letta Tayler
Letta Tayler is an Associate Director in the Crisis and Conflict Division. She leads the division's work on terrorism and counterterrorism. Her focus includes the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda, counterterrorism policy at the United Nations, drone strikes and other targeted killings, and measures in countries around the world on foreign ISIS suspects and family members. Tayler has worked in more than three dozen countries as a human rights defender and in her previous capacity as a journalist. She has been a featured guest on The BBC, CNN, Fresh Air, Al Jazeera, and Democracy Now! As a foreign correspondent with Newsday, Tayler was one of the first Western reporters to detail prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and chronicled events including the US invasion of Iraq and the bombings of Tora Bora. She also served as Latin America bureau chief. Tayler is a former rock music critic. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Barnard College and holds a Master’s in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford.
Articles Authored
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December 13, 2018
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September 27, 2018
Kyrgyzstan’s Crackdown on Extremist Material: Further Reforms Needed
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September 17, 2018
Interview: How Not to Fight Terrorism in Kyrgyzstan
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December 6, 2017
Saleh’s Unjust End to an Unjust Rule
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November 15, 2017
US Senate Fails to Confront Torture
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October 23, 2017
Somalia Attack a Wake-Up Call to the West
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September 26, 2017
How Obama’s Drones Rulebook Enabled Trump
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March 11, 2017
The Women Who Escaped ISIS
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February 3, 2017
Victimized First by ISIS, then by the Liberators
Other Writing
Reports Authored
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Trinidad and Tobago: Bring Home Nationals from Northeast Syria
Unlawfully Detained Trinidadians at Risk, Including 56 Children
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Syria: Repatriations Lag for Foreigners with Alleged ISIS Ties
More than 42,400 Adults and Children Held in Life-Threatening Conditions
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Harsh War, Harsh Peace
Abuses by al-Shabaab, the Transitional Federal Government, and AMISOM in Somalia
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