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July 30, 2018 Commentary

Syria’s Bureaucracy of Death and the Fate of the Disappeared

July 30, 2018 Commentary

Task of Ethiopia’s New Leader: End Torture

Ethiopia's incoming Prime Minister Abiye Ahmed delivers his acceptance speech after taking his oath of office during a ceremony at the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia April 2, 2018.

July 22, 2018 Report

Iraq: Intelligence Agency Admits Holding Hundreds Despite Previous Denials

Ex-Detainee Describes Degrading Conditions

A blank NSS arrest warrant provided to Human Rights Watch. © 2018 Private

July 15, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: Exonerated Actor Details Torture

Ziad Itani’s Account a Test Case for Country’s New Torture Law

July 6, 2018 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture on Russia

July 2018

July 6, 2018 News Release

Uzbekistan: Man’s 13-Year Detention Revealed

Reports of Ill-Treatment Show Need for Transparency, Monitoring

A guard in a solitary confinement block at an unidentified prison in Uzbekistan. Prisoners in solitary confinement in Uzbekistan’s prisons experience cramped cells without bedding—some in total darkness, others with permanent bright lights

July 4, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: A Year On, No Answers on Deaths in Custody

Release Investigation into Why 4 Syrians Died

A Lebanese soldier at an army post in the hills above the Lebanese town of Arsal

June 18, 2018 News Release

Iran: Dervish Member Executed

Serious Allegations of Torture to Force Confession

Police Forces at the scene of the clashes, Tehran, Iran February 19, 2018. © 2018 Majzooban-e-Noor

May 17, 2018 Statement

US: Haspel Vote Sends Wrong Message on Torture

Senate Confirms CIA Director

April 19, 2018 News Release

US: Don’t Transfer Detainee to Possible Torture

Appropriately Prosecute in Federal Court or Release

April 11, 2018 Commentary

‘I Won’t Torture’ is Not Enough: Question Pompeo on US Rendition Policy

Then-Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2018. © 2018 Reuters

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 22, 2018 News Release

Kenya: Court Finds Forced Anal Exams Unconstitutional

Victory for LGBT Rights Activists

"Adam," arrested in Kenya in February 2015 on homosexuality charges and subjected to a forced anal exam, sorts through police documents on his case. © 2015 Zoe Flood

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