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September 15, 2006 - Press Statement
President Bush's Press Conference on Military Commissions and National Security, September 15, 2006

September 15, 2006 - Press Release
40 Retired Admirals and Generals, Military Leaders and Former DOD Officials Urge Congress to Preserve the Geneva Conventions

September 13, 2006 - HRF Statement
Human Rights First to Congress: Reject Administration's Military Commissions Proposal

September 8, 2006 - Press Statement
President Bush's Speech on Military Commissions and National Security, September 6, 2006

September 7, 2006 - Press Statement
Human Rights First Says Administration Announcements on Detainee Interrogation and Detention Send Mixed Message

August 17, 2006 - Press Statement
CIA Contractor Guilty Of Abusing Detainee

August 9, 2006 - Press Advisory
Human Rights First Experts Available For Analysis Of Administration Proposal To Redefine War Crimes

August 3, 2006 - Press Advisory
Human Rights First Observing CIA Contractor Abuse Trial

July 24, 2006 - Press Statement
Secretary Rumsfeld Continues to Argue Against Responsibility for Torture and Abuse

July 19, 2006 - Press Release
Courts-Martial a Proven System for War Crimes Trials

July 18, 2006 - Press Advisory
Human Rights First to Testify before Senate Armed Services Committee

July 18, 2006 - Press Release
United States Continues to Reject Human Rights Laws

July 14, 2006 - Press Advisory
Human Rights First to Brief United Nations Human Rights Committee

July 12, 2006 - Press Statement
"Trust but Verify" Bush Administration Must Be Held Accountable On Geneva Convention Pledge

June 10, 2006 - Press Release
Human Rights First Calls Detention Center Policy an Invitation to Disaster

June 8, 2006 - Press Advisory
Military Commissions Continue Next Week in Guantanamo; Ruling on Legality Still Pending from Supreme Court

June 2, 2006 - Press Release
Abu Ghraib Dog Handler Convicted; Role Of Commanders In Setting Policies That Lead to Abuses Still Not Addressed

May 25, 2006 - Press Release
Secretary Rumsfeld Attempts to Shirk Responsibility for U.S. Torture Policies, Say ACLU and Human Rights First

May 19, 2006 - Press Release
UN Anti-Torture Experts Urge United States to Stop Illegal Conduct

May 8, 2006 - Press Release
U.S. Offers No Concrete Steps Toward Implementing McCain Ban on Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment

May 5, 2006 - Press Release
U.S. Must Clarify Commitment to Abide by McCain Ban on Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment

May 3, 2006 - Press Advisory
United States to Appear Before Committee Against Torture

April 25, 2006 - Press Release
More Than 600 U.S. Personnel Implicated in Detainee Abuse

March 21, 2006 - Press Release
Guilty Verdict Handed Down in Abu Ghraib Dog Handler's Trial

March 17, 2006 - Press Release
Verdict in Abu Ghraib Dog Handler Case Expected Soon

February 22, 2006 -
Human Rights First Releases First Comprehensive Report on Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody

January 19, 2006 - Press Release
22 High-Level Retired Military Leaders and Human Rights First Urge President Bush to Fully Implement the McCain Amendment