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April 16, 2009 News Release

US: Investigate Those Responsible for Authorizing Torture

Release of Justice Department Memos Underscores Need for Investigation

April 16, 2009 News Release

Eritrea: Repression Creating Human Rights Crisis

Host Countries Should Cease Forced Returns of Eritrean Refugees

Eritrean soldiers march during the country's Independence Day in Asmara in this May 24, 2007 file photo. One of Africa's newest and smallest nations has one of the largest armies in the region. But this is due to national service that continues for many y
April 15, 2009 News Release

Syria: Reveal Fate of 17 Held Incommunicado

Detention of Kurds and Suspected Islamists for Months Raises Grave Concerns

April 8, 2009 Commentary

Uganda: Accounts of Torture

April 8, 2009 News Release

Uganda: End Torture by Anti-Terror Unit

Prosecutions and Civilian Oversight Needed to Deter Abuses

April 3, 2009 News Release

US/EU: Help Close Guantanamo by Accepting Some Detainees

Obama Administration Seeking EU Support

March 4, 2009 Statement

In Support of a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry on Counterterrorism Policy

Human Rights Watch Testimony for the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

February 10, 2009 News Release

Iran: Four Journalists Sentenced to Prison, Floggings

Four Years After Arrests, No Public Investigation of Abuse Allegations

January 29, 2009 Letter

Letter to PM Sheikh Hasina with Recommendations to Improve Human Rights in Bangladesh

January 22, 2009 News Release

US: Steps to End Torture Set a New Course

Obama’s Executive Order Reverses Abusive Bush Counter-Terror Policies

January 22, 2009 Letter

Letter to EU Foreign Ministers

Letter urging EU member states to offer humanitarian protection to Guantanamo detainees

January 22, 2009 News Release

Europe: Help Close Guantanamo

Offer Humanitarian Protection to Detainees Who Risk Torture or Persecution at Home

January 19, 2009 News Release

Russia: Investigate Murder of Prominent Rights Lawyer

Markelov Sought Justice for Abuses in Chechnya

January 19, 2009 News Release

US: Obama Presidency Should Reform Counter-Terror Policies

New Administration Should Repudiate Torture and Other Abusive Practices

January 18, 2009 Commentary

"Will Bush Pardon Himself?" by Kenneth Roth

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