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October 31, 2019 News Release

Afghanistan: CIA-Backed Forces Commit Atrocities

Disband All Irregular Paramilitary Forces, Cooperate With Independent Investigations

A car burned during a raid by the Khost Protection Force in Tani district, Khost province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2019.

May 31, 2018 News Release

Lithuania/Romania: Ruling Highlights CIA Torture Complicity

European Governments Should Investigate Grave Violations

A Romanian journalist walks past a building on the Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, 250km (155 miles) east of Bucharest, cited as a possible location for the transfer of terrorist suspects by the CIA. December 19, 2005.

March 25, 2018 Commentary

Gina Haspel is the wrong choice to head the CIA

Gina Haspel, a veteran CIA clandestine officer picked by U.S. President Donald Trump to head the Central Intelligence Agency, is shown in this handout photograph released on March 13, 2018. © 2018 CIA handout

March 23, 2018 News Release

US Senate: Reject Haspel for CIA Director

Trump Nominee Oversaw Torture of Detainees, Destruction of Evidence

March 23, 2018 Letter

Letter to US Senate Opposing Gina Haspel's Nomination for CIA Director

March 16, 2018 Letter

Rights Groups Gravely Concerned Over Haspel Nomination for CIA

March 13, 2018 News Release

Trump Nominees’ Troubling History on Torture

November 28, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch's Testimony for North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture

November 28, 2017 Dispatches

North Carolina Citizens’ Commission Examines US Torture

Holds Hearings on State’s Role in CIA Secret Renditions Program

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia, U.S. on August 14, 2008.

June 22, 2017 Letter

Groups Express Concern Over Trump Nominee for Role in Torture

June 7, 2017 Letter

Groups Express Concern over US Office of Legal Counsel Nominee

June 2, 2017 Statement

Statement on Trump Administration’s Return of Senate Torture Report

January 9, 2017 Commentary

Barack Obama’s Shaky Legacy on Human Rights

For all his promises — and a Nobel Peace Prize — the Obama presidency delivered more hope than change

U.S. President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington January 12, 2016.

December 6, 2016 News Release

Statement on President Obama’s MacDill Air Force Base Speech

December 6, 2016 News Release

US: Counterterrorism Report Sets Standards

Trump Should Continue Disclosures, Uphold Legal Obligations

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