CIA Activities

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Asia

October 31, 2019 News Release

Afghanistan: CIA-Backed Forces Commit Atrocities
Europe/Central Asia

May 31, 2018 News Release

Lithuania/Romania: Ruling Highlights CIA Torture Complicity
United States

March 25, 2018 Commentary

Gina Haspel is the wrong choice to head the CIA

Laura Pitter
Interim Deputy Director, US Program

Published In: The Hill

Videos Watch More

October 3, 2016 Video

Video: Ex-Detainee Describes Unreported CIA Torture
October 22, 2015 Video

UN Report: Protect Public Disclosures of Wrongdoing

Reports More Reports

October 31, 2019

“They’ve Shot Many Like This”

Abusive Night Raids by CIA-Backed Afghan Strike Forces
October 3, 2016

US: Ex-Detainees Describe Unreported CIA Torture

Electric Chair Threats, Baton Beatings, Various Water Tortures
December 1, 2015

No More Excuses

A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture

News

March 23, 2018 News Release

US Senate: Reject Haspel for CIA Director
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

Laura Pitter
Interim Deputy Director, US Program
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

Kenneth Roth
Executive Director

Published In: Foreign Policy
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

Daily Brief

December 11, 2019

Plus: Cambodia’s draft law on access to information falls short; the United States announces sanctions on Myanmar; Aung San Suu Kyi continues to attempt to defend Myanmar in the International Court of Justice; the Trump administration once again blocks an examination of North Korea’s human rights abuses; this year, 250 journalists have been imprisoned worldwide; a human rights activist went missing in Laos; and buildings lit up blue yesterday for Human Rights Day.