CIA Activities

Africa

January 9, 2017 Commentary

Barack Obama’s Shaky Legacy on Human Rights

Kenneth Roth
Executive Director

Published In: Foreign Policy
United States

On December 6, 2016, US President Barack Obama delivered a speech on US counterterrorism policy at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.

December 6, 2016 News Release

Statement on President Obama’s MacDill Air Force Base Speech
United States

December 6, 2016 News Release

US: Counterterrorism Report Sets Standards

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 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
February 19, 2014

A Wedding That Became a Funeral

US Drone Attack on Marriage Procession in Yemen

News

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 Statements

Statement on Trump Administration’s Return of Senate Torture Report
November 18, 2016 News Release

US: Trump’s National Security Choice Won’t Rule Out Torture
October 3, 2016 Q & A

Interview: New CIA Torture Claims

Laura Pitter
Senior National Security Counsel, US Program
October 3, 2016 Report

US: Ex-Detainees Describe Unreported CIA Torture

Laura Pitter
Senior National Security Counsel, US Program
June 28, 2016 Statements

Submission to the UN Committee against Torture Review of US, 59th session, US National Security
June 16, 2016 Letter

Letter to President Obama re: CIA torture
June 16, 2016 News Release

US: CIA Torture Revelations
June 2, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Two Men’s Tales Tell Story of Guantanamo’s Moral Blight

Laura Pitter
Senior National Security Counsel, US Program
May 11, 2016 Commentary

Call It What You Will, Torture Is Wrong

Maria Laura Canineu
Brazil Director, Americas Division

Published In: Carta Capital
April 28, 2016 Letter

Joint Letter to the National Archivist to preserve the Senate CIA Torture report

Daily Brief

July 21, 2017

Plus: Landmark vote on abortion rules in Chile; Iran should halt drug-related executions; Indonesia's abusive blasphemy law; Political violence in Zimbabwe; 'negotiated democracy' in Kenya; and what the US should do against 'war on drugs' in Philippines.