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Torture
HRF Initiatives
The number of scenes of torture on TV shows is significantly higher than it was five years ago and the characters who torture have changed.
The Case Against Donald Rumsfeld
On March 1, 2005, Human Rights First, tog ether with the American Civil Liberties Union, retired military leaders, and the law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein, LLP., filed a lawsuit against U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on behalf of Iraqi and Afghan civilians who were tortured and abused while in U.S. custody
HRF Observing Military Commisions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Human Rights First, at the invitation of the Department of Defense, is an official observer at the military commissions held at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Reports and Background
Command's Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody in Iraq and Afghanistan
Human Rights First's new report provides the first comprehensive accounting of the U.S. government's handling of the nearly 100 cases of detainees who have died in U.S. custody since 2002
Getting to Ground Truth: Investigating U.S. Abuses in the “War on Terror”
Human Rights First released a new report on September 8, 2004 outlining how the range of official investigations into U.S. military detention and interrogation practices suffer from flaws in both design and execution that leave gaps in understanding of how current operations led to so many instances of torture and abuse.
Why Torture Makes Us Less Safe
U.S. Law Prohibits Torture
Any practice of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by United States officials violates international human rights ...