Human Rights Watch
Events (22)
- April 30, 2001: Annual Terrorism Report Says Focusing on Bin Laden Is Mistake; Pakistan and Taliban Are Criticized But Not Punished 2001-04-30
- April 7, 2003: Hussein Barely Eludes Capture by US Troops 2003-04-07
- January 12, 2006: Rumsfeld Denies Abuses at Guantanamo Exist 2006-01-12
- October 9, 2006: Military Commissions Act ‘Unnecessary,’ ‘Abusive,’ Says Human Rights Watch 2006-10-09
- October 17, 2006: Military Commission Act Becomes Law; Authorizes Torture, Restricts Fundamental Legal Rights 2006-10-17
- October 24-27, 2006: Cheney: ‘No-Brainer’ to Authorize Waterboarding 2006-10-24
- January 11, 2007: US Troops Capture Iranian Officials in Kurdish Iraq 2007-01-11
- June 7, 2007: Human Rights Groups Allege Dozens of Prisoners Have Disappeared into Secret US Prisons 2007-06-07
- June 6, 2008: 56 House Members Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Torture Authorizations 2008-06-06
- September 7, 2008: Civilian Casualties Tripled between 2006 and 2007, Report Finds 2008-09-07
- January 20, 2009: Obama Orders Suspension of Guantanamo Prosecutions 2009-01-20
- January 22, 2009: Obama Bans Torture, Nullifies Bush Legal Opinions on Interrogations 2009-01-22
- January 26, 2009: Afghan President Condemns Raid that Killed Civilians; US Military Says Taliban Fighters, Not Civilians, Killed 2009-01-26
- May 4, 2009: Karzai Chooses Warlord Accused of Rights Abuses and Protecting Drug Trade as Running Mate in Re-Election Bid; Human Rights Groups Protest 2009-05-04
- (May 10, 2009): Former Afghan Training Camp Manager Al-Libi Allegedly Commits Suicide in Libyan Jail 2009-05-10
- May 11, 2009: Former Black Operations Chief Stanley McChrystal Tapped to Replace David McKiernan as Top US Commander in Afghanistan 2009-05-11
- July 6, 2011 and after: Proposed Indefinite Detention Law Causes Controversy 2011-07-06
- December 15, 2011: Congress Passes Bill Authorizing Indefinite Military Detention of US Citizens 2011-12-15
- April 2005: Human Rights Group Denounces Defense Department Proposal to Detain Iraqi Insurgents without Trial; Pentagon Responds by Purging Electronic Library of All Documents
- Summer 2001: Human Rights Report Details ISI’s Massive Support to Taliban
- November 2004: Formica Report Finds No Evidence of Torture, Abuse at Baghdad Detention Facility
- May 2005: Former MEK Members Say They Were Beaten, Confined for Criticizing Leadership