• Detainees stand inside the Abu Ghraib prison while waiting to be released in Baghdad on June 27, 2006.
    © 2006 Reuters
    US: Bipartisan Study Shows Need to Investigate Torture
    A bipartisan study finding “indisputable” evidence of torture for which the highest United States officials bear responsibility should spur the US government to thoroughly investigate detainee abuse since September 11, 2001, and provide redress to victims.
More news »

Featured Content

Subscribe to content feed

Reports

More >>

Torture

  • Senegal: Chad Ex-Dictator to Stand Trial
    Feb 13, 2015
    The ruling on February 13, 2015, to move ahead with the trial of Hissène Habré, Chad’s former dictator, is a milestone in the long campaign to bring him to justice.
  • Torture Still Unaddressed
    Dec 17, 2014
    The publication of the long-awaited summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s torture provides a useful moment to consider the lessons learned from this sorry chapter in American history and the steps that might be taken to avoid its recurrence.
  • The CIA Torturers Should Be Prosecuted
    Dec 13, 2014
    President Obama has utterly failed to investigate torture, let alone prosecute those responsible.
  • US: Senate Report Slams CIA Torture, Lies
    Dec 10, 2014
    The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s report summary on the Central Intelligence Agency detention and interrogation program is a powerful denunciation of the agency’s extensive and systematic use of torture. The 525-page partially redacted summary, released on December 9, 2014, is part of a 6,700-page classified report that the committee has still not indicated it plans to release.
  • US: Release Torture Report
    Dec 6, 2014
  • Chad: Torture Survivors Finally Get Their Day in Court
    Dec 5, 2014

    Twenty-one former state security agents of the Hissène Habré dictatorship have been on trial in Chad since November 14 on the basis of criminal complaints filed by dozens of victims in 2000. 

     

  • Chad: Alleged Habré Accomplices to Stand Trial
    Nov 10, 2014

    The scheduled trial in Chad of 26 former state security agents of the Hissène Habré dictatorship is a significant step in the long struggle of the survivors for justice. Amid fears that the case was being rushed through, however, Human Rights Watch called on the Chadian authorities to ensure that the trial, to begin in N’Djaména on November 14, is carried out in a fair and transparent manner.

     

  • African Rights Groups Back Habre Court
    Nov 2, 2014

    141 African human rights groups from 32 countries today issued an open letter expressing support for the efforts by Senegal and the African Union to prosecute crimes committed during the rule of former Chadian president Hisséne Habré.
     

  • Tunisia: Suspicious Death in Custody
    Oct 13, 2014

    – Tunisian authorities should conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the death of a man on October 3, 2014 who was allegedly tortured and abused during his arrest. Relatives of Mohamed Ali Snoussi who viewed his body told Human Rights Watch that he had injuries on the back of his head and bruising on his back, arms, and legs. Human Rights Watch viewed photographs showing the injuries.

  • In the Highest Degree Odious
    Oct 1, 2014
    The British government is still fighting case after case concerning allegations of abuses by its forces during the 2003 Iraq conflict.
more documents on this topic »