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Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence. More »
Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence. More »
Secret Detention Facilities
The U.S. operates a global network of secret detention facilities used to imprison detainees caught up in the “War on Terrorism.” Such detentions violate basic human rights, ignore the principles upon which the United States was founded and establish a dangerous precedent of lawlessness.
The U.S. operates a global network of secret detention facilities used to imprison detainees caught up in the “War on Terrorism.” Such detentions violate basic human rights, ignore the principles upon which the United States was founded and establish a dangerous precedent of lawlessness.
Human Rights First calls on the President to end secret detentions and to grant the International Committee for the Red Cross full and immediate access to all individuals in U.S. custody. These steps will in no way jeopardize our national security and will only reaffirm our commitment to human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law.
Deaths in Custody – Letter to Lt. Gen. Vines Regarding Two Deaths at Bagram Airbase (11/12/03) (PDF-23KB)
Ending Secret Detentions (HRF Report June, 2004) (PDF-384KB)
Ending Secret Detentions Introduction