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In Their Own Words: Detainees Tell of Degradation of Religious Beliefs at Guantanamo
Media Alert
(05/19/05)

Donald RumsfeldSenior Officials Not Held Accountable for Torture

* Where Are They Now?
* Watch 'One Year After Abu Ghraib'
* One Year After Abu Ghraib: Human Rights First Assessment

Former State Department Legal Adviser Says Torture and Abuse was Predictable; Blames Decision to Deny Geneva Protections

Read Former State Department Official William Taft’s March 24, 2005 American University Washington College of Law Speech In Its Entirety (PDF-24KB)
(04/04/05)

Human Rights First, Military Leaders and ACLU Sue Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Over U.S. Torture Policies
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld bears direct responsibility for the torture and abuse of detainees in U.S. custody, Human Rights First, the ACLU and military leaders charged, in the first federal court lawsuit to name a top U.S. official in the ongoing torture scandal in Afghanistan and Iraq. The lawsuit was filed March 1, 2005 and announced at a press conference in Washington, DC. More»
Read the press release ARABIC VERSION (PDF 157KB)
Read Mike Posner’s statement
View the timeline of facts in
the case (PDF 140KB)

Human Rights First Calls for Full Examination of CIA Interrogation Practices
Media Alert
Report on secret detentions
Report on previous investigations (PDF-401KB)
(03/23/05)

New Legal Brief Urges Supreme Court to Uphold U.S. International Legal Obligations, Advance Respect for Rule of Law

On January 24, Human Rights First and fifteen other leading human rights organizations and bar associations submitted a ‘friends of the court’ brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Medellin v. Dretke, arguing that the United States has a binding obligation to comply its international legal obligations.
Read Human Rights First’s Statement and Other Briefs Filed in Medellin v. Dretke
Bar Associations and Human Rights Organizations’ Amicus Brief in Medellin v. Dretke as filed 1/24/05
(PDF-260KB)
(Updated 03/23/05)

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Indefinite Detention of Foreign Nationals

Media Alert
Human Rights First's "Friend of the Court" Brief (PDF -137KB)

Rights Without a Country by Deborah Pearlstein
The Supreme Court rules against the administration on foreign detainees. Again.

(Updated 01/25/05)

http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/us_law.htm