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January 30, 2011 News

Letter from Human Rights Watch to The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi

Dear Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, At this critical moment in the history of Egypt and the Middle East, a heavy burden of responsibility falls on the leaders of the Egyptian Armed Forces to ensure a smooth transition from an era of political…

December 21, 2010 News

Urgent Appeal to President Obama from Central African Civil Society on Ending the Menace of the Lord's Resistance Army

34 civil society, human rights, and religious groups in northern Congo, Central African Republic, and Southern Sudan write to President Obama, calling for urgent implementation of the new strategy released by the US government last month on tackling the…

November 11, 2010 News

Letter to President Obama on the US Comprehensive Strategy on the Lord’s Resistance Army

Dated July 15, 2010 / Made public November 11, 2010 Dear Mr. President, We write to provide input to the comprehensive strategy that the US government is developing following the recent enactment of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Disarmament and…

December 16, 2008 News

UN Security Council: Adopt Strong Presidential Statement on LRA

Letter in advance of a December briefing by the UN envoy for the LRA-affected areas

Dear Ambassador, Amid reports that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is again brutalizing civilians and in advance of the anticipated December 17 Security Council briefing by the UN Secretary-General's special envoy for the LRA-affected areas, we write…

June 22, 2005 News

UK: Empty promises can't protect people from torture

Joint letter to Tony Blair from Human Rights Watch and Liberty

Human Rights Watch and Liberty are deeply concerned about the British government’s stated intention to seek diplomatic assurances against torture in order to deport terrorism suspects to their home countries or to third countries where they would be at…

November 27, 2001 News

Fact Sheet: Past U.S. Criticism of Military Tribunals

(Washington, DC) - Under President Bush's November 13th Military Order on military commissions, any foreign national designated by the President as a suspected terrorist or as aiding terrorists could potentially be detained, tried, convicted and even…

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