Yesterday, a heated debate took place on the Senate floor over an amendment proposed by Senator Lindsey Graham that would have prevented the 9/11 defendants from facing justice in U.S. federal courts. It did not pass. In a major victory for our campaign to close Guantanamo the Senate rejected this...

"Human rights work in Colombia merits special protection: it's legitimate, it's legal and we can't continue to be persecuted just for defending and strengthening democracy" - Gabriel Gonzalez
When words like these, from visionary human rights defenders like Gabriel Gonzalez, are said to decision makers in Washington, the cause...

Before I left for Guantanamo Bay to observe this past week's military commission proceedings, I diligently prepared by playing with Google Earth and re-watching A Few Good Men. Google Earth's satellite photos don't provide enough detail to see the military base's Starbucks or McDonald's, but the mapping program confirmed that...

Four years ago, the world learned that American soldiers had tortured Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison. In addition to the human cost in pain, suffering, and humiliation that was captured on film, an accounting of the harm done by the incidents at Abu Ghraib must include the price of having...