1. Harper Should Raise Khadr Case During Obama's Visit
(Opinions/Bulletin)

...tern nations condemned the detentions in Guantanamo and took concrete steps to get their citizens home," said Jennifer Daskal, senior counterterrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch. "Now tha...

2. President-elect Obama: Shut Down Guantanamo!
(Opinions/op-ed)

...many ways harsher than those reserved for the most dangerous, convicted criminals in the United States," said Jennifer Daskal, senior counterterrorism counsel at  HRW. "Security measur...

3. More Blowback from the War on Terror
(Opinions/Daily)

...pregnant women and children – and fueled anti-American rancor in Africa. More Blowback from the War on Terror By Jennifer Daskal, senior counterterrorism counsel, published in Salon The U.S.-backed ...

4. Resurrecting Discredited Guantanamo Tribunals
(Action/HRO)

...e seems tone-deaf to the concerns expressed by the Supreme Court, Congress, and its closest European allies,” said Jennifer Daskal, advocacy director of the U.S. program at Human Rights Watch. “Instea...

5. U.S. Fails to Comply With Ban on Torture
(Opinions/Features)

...ts use of forced disappearances – a practice that it rightly criticizes when carried out by other countries,” said Jennifer Daskal, U.S. advocacy director for Human Rights Watch.    On May ...

6. U.S.: House Amendment
(Editor/Daily)

... cruel penalty. Such a radical change to the federal death penalty should not become law without public debate. Jennifer Daskal, advocate, U.S. Program   The House provisions would also tri...

7. Guantanamo conditions deplored
(Archived/News/Global)

Human Rights Watch, an international rights group, has demanded that "harsh" conditions at the US-run detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be urgently improved.

8. US charges man over embassy blasts
(Archived/News/Global)

US military prosecutors have charged a Tanzanian al-Qaeda suspect held at Guantanamo Bay with war crimes over the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa and will seek his execution, the Pentagon says.

9. US charges 9/11 suspects
(Archived/News/Global)

Military prosecutors in the US are seeking the death penalty against six al-Qaeda detainees on murder and conspiracy charges in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

10. US court dismisses 'rendition' case
(Archived/News/Global)

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a Lebanese-born German citizen who said he was kidnapped and tortured by the CIA.