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August 20, 2019 News

Submission by Human Rights Watch to Australian Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights

Quality of Care Amendment (Minimising the Use of Restraints) Principles 2019

Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental, human rights organization that conducts research and advocacy in over 90 countries on a range of human rights issues, including on the rights of older people and the rights of people with…

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April 11, 2018 News

Coalition Letter to ICE Deputy Director Homan Regarding the Detention of Pregnant Individuals

April 11, 2018 Thomas D. Homan Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 500 12th St. SW Washington, D.C. 20536 Dear Deputy Director…

March 16, 2018 News

Rights Groups Gravely Concerned Over Haspel Nomination for CIA

March 16, 2018 Dear Senator, We write to express our grave concerns regarding the nomination of Gina Haspel for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and to ask that you not advance her nomination until all of the…

February 6, 2018 News

Interview: The Horror of Australia’s Prisons

Prisoners with Disabilities Serving Time in Solitary, Face Physical, Sexual Abuse

How is it that 50 percent of Australia’s prison population has a disability? Eighteen percent of Australia’s general population has a disability. The most common type of disabilities found in prisons are mental health conditions. People with…

A prisoner lies in his solitary confinement cell in the safety unit at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, northern Queensland.

August 1, 2017 News

Joint letter regarding concerns about lack of transparency in Guantanamo proceedings

August 1, 2017 Dear Secretary Mattis: We, the undersigned human rights and civil liberties organizations, write to express serious concern and opposition regarding recent decisions by the Department of…

July 13, 2017 News

Groups Urge US Congress to Vote “No” on Guantanamo Defense Bill Amendments

July 13, 2017 Protect the Constitution. Vote “NO” on Schiff Amendments #65 and #66 That Will Likely Lead to Violations of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the Constitution. Dear Representative: The undersigned…

September 14, 2016 News

Joint-letter urging Congress to vote against bill banning Guantanamo transfers

September 14, 2016 RE: Vote “NO” on H.R. 5351, the Walorski Bill to Ban All Transfers from Guantanamo Dear Representative: The undersigned human rights, civil liberties, and religious organizations strongly urge you to…

June 16, 2016 News

Joint Letter to US Representatives: Vote "NO" on Guantanamo Restrictions

June 15, 2016 Vote to Stop H.R. 5293, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017, from Hindering the Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility and Ending Indefinite Detention without…

December 1, 2015 News

Interview: Torture and the CIA

It is now widely acknowledged that after the 9/11 attacks in the US, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began a global detention and interrogation program through which it tortured and abused prisoners. Yet the US government has failed to hold…

Illustration of the scales of justice replaced by two people shackled by their wrists and dangling in the air.

October 1, 2015 News

Groups urge “No” vote on Defense Bill over Guantanamo Provisions.

September 30, 2015 Vote “NO” on the Conference Report for H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 NDAA Would Block Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility and Continue Indefinite…

September 18, 2015 News

Groups urge end to blocking release of CIA torture details

Ashton B. Carter Secretary of Defense Department of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 The Honorable Loretta Lynch Attorney General Department of Justice 950…

September 1, 2015 News

Letter to Obama regarding plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility

September 1, 2015 Barack Obama President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Re: Plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention…

May 15, 2015 News

Joint Letter: Vote “NO” on Final Passage of the NDAA

May 15, 2015 Vote “NO” on Final Passage of the NDAA Dear Representative: The undersigned human rights, civil liberties, national security, and religious organizations write to strongly urge you to vote “no” on final…

May 15, 2015 News

Joint Letter to US House of Representatives Urging Vote to Close Guantanamo and End Indefinite Detention

May 14, 2015 Vote “NO” on Walorski Amendment #15, Which Further Obstructs Transferring Cleared Detainees Overseas. Vote “YES” on Smith/Nadler Amendment #16 to Close the Guantanamo Prison. Vote “NO” on Final Passage of…

August 27, 2014 News

Joint-Letter to Sec. Chuck Hagel Urging Release of Guantanamo Force-feeding Videotapes

The Honorable Charles Hagel Secretary of Defense July 17, 2014 Dear Mr. Secretary, We write to ask that videotapes of the force-feedings taking place at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility be…

June 18, 2014 News

Coalition of Groups Urges Opposition To New Guantanamo Transfer Restrictions

June 18, 2014 Dear Senator: As the Senate considers an appropriations bill that includes funding for the Department of Justice, the undersigned human rights, civil liberties, and religious organizations strongly urge you to oppose…

April 10, 2014 News

Joint Letter to Sec. Chuck Hagel on Guantanamo Hunger Strikes and Force Feeding

April 10, 2014 The Honorable Chuck Hagel Secretary United States Department of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 Dear Mr. Secretary, The…

April 8, 2014 News

Letter to President Obama Urging Repatriation of Guantanamo Detainees to Yemen

President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 RE: Repatriation of Guantanamo Detainees to Yemen Dear President Obama: We write to urge you to expedite the…

December 19, 2013 News

Joint Letter to Sec. Chuck Hagel Urging Transparency on Guantanamo Hunger Strikes

December 19, 2013 The Honorable Chuck Hagel Secretary United States Department of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 Dear Mr. Secretary,…

November 15, 2013 News

Joint Letter in Support of Guantanamo Provisions in Senate Bill

November 15, 2013 Dear Senator: The undersigned human rights and civil liberties groups strongly urge you to support the Guantanamo Bay detainee transfer provisions included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal…

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