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class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 6, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In order to ensure the Executive Branch response is as objective and comprehensive as possible, we strongly urge you to designate a senior White House official to coordinate a single Executive Branch response, incorporating the views of all the relevant agencies.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/02/how-close-guantanamo">How to Close Guantanamo</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 2, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>President Barack Obama finally broke his long silence on Tuesday on the need to close Guantanamo. Echoing comments he made four years ago -- when, on his second day in office he promised to close the facility within a year -- <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190807/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/04/30/remarks-president-vice-president-first-lady-dr-jill-biden-and-petty-offi" target="_blank"><strong>he said</strong></a> "Guantanamo is not necessary to keep America safe. It is expensive. It is inefficient.... It needs to be closed." Welcome words, but it's unlikely they will brighten the day of the 100 men currently on hunger strike at the facility.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/01/letter-kuwaiti-ministry-interior-concerning-alleged-assault-sulaiman-binjassim">Letter to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior Concerning the Alleged Assault of Sulaiman Binjassim</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 1, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">I write to seek urgent clarification regarding steps that the Kuwaiti authorities have taken or are taking to investigate and bring to justice any special forces officers who allegedly inflicted a severe physical assault on human rights activist Sulaiman Binjassim after they apprehended him close to a demonstration in the al-Andalus area on April 17, 2013.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/30/us-fulfill-promises-close-guantanamo">US: Fulfill Promises to Close Guantanamo</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 30, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">US President Barack Obama should move swiftly to fulfill newly repeated promises to end indefinite detention without trial at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/25/guantanamo-bay-and-indefinite-detention-hunger-strike-continues">Guantanamo Bay and Indefinite Detention - Hunger Strike Continues</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 25, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the US-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, bringing the reported total to 93 out of 166 held at the facility.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/25/if-all-options-are-open-why-not-prosecute-abu-qatada-uk">If all options are open, why not prosecute Abu Qatada in the UK?</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 25, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Listening to Theresa May’s statement to Parliament today, it seems the British government is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan to face terrorism charges.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/25/iraq-executions-surge-no-action-reform">Iraq: Executions Surge but No Action on Reform</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 25, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A striking increase in executions in Iraq points out the failure of Iraq’s justice system to meet international fair trial standards.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/23/us-statement-senate-judiciary-committee-targeted-killing">US: Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Targeted Killing"</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 23, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">On April 23, 2013, the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights held a hearing entitled “Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing”. Letta Tayler, Senior Researcher in the Terrorism/Counterterrorism Division submitted the following testimony for the record.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/670">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190807/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190807/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8671517/k.3F9E/Donate_to_Defend_Human_RIghts/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190807/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130513190807/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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