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But, if anything, the film goes way too easy on the CIA.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/11/us-zero-dark-thirty-and-truth-about-torture">US: Zero Dark Thirty and the Truth About Torture</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The movie Zero Dark Thirty, which depicts the hunt for Osama bin Laden, wrongly suggests that torture was an ugly but useful tactic in the fight against terrorism.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/04/us-human-rights-watch-submission-un-human-rights-committee">US: Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 4, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch submitted this statement to inform the Human Rights Committee’s understanding of the US government’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).</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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/03/us-defense-bill-signing-backtracks-guantanamo">US: Defense Bill Signing Backtracks on Guantanamo</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">US President Barack Obama’s refusal to veto a defense spending bill restricting detainee transfers from Guantanamo undercuts his pledge to close the prison. Obama signed the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), even though his advisers had said they would recommend a veto if it contained detainee transfer restrictions.</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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/26/anatomy-air-attack-gone-wrong">Anatomy of an Air Attack Gone Wrong</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 26, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The villagers who rushed to the road, cutting through rocky fields in central Yemen, found the dead strewn around a burning sport utility vehicle. The bodies were dusted with white powder -- flour and sugar, the witnesses said -- that the victims were bringing home from market when the aircraft attacked. A torched woman clutched her daughter in a lifeless embrace. Four severed heads littered the pavement.</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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/14/uk-accountability-still-needed-libya-case">UK: Accountability Still Needed on Libya Case</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 14, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The UK government’s compensation to a Libyan dissident over its complicity in his torture and rendition provides some relief but does not absolve it of the duty to investigate.</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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/13/us-release-report-addresses-cia-torture">US: Release Report that Addresses CIA Torture</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 13, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The US Senate intelligence committee’s long-awaited review of the Central Intelligence Agency’s secret detention and interrogation program after September 11, 2001 should promptly be declassified and released.</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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/29/indefinite-detention-already-bad-dont-add-discrimination">Indefinite Detention Is Already Bad, Don't Add Discrimination</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Late last year, Congress passed and the president signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2012. The NDAA codified, for the first time since a never-used McCarthy era law, indefinite detention without charge or trial.</p></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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/27/us-obama-should-veto-ndaa-if-it-restricts-guantanamo-detainee-transfers">US: Obama Should Veto NDAA if it Restricts Guantanamo Detainee Transfers</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch and 27 human rights, religious, and civil liberties groups strongly urged President Obama to veto the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 if it impedes his ability to close Guantanamo, by restricting the Executive Branch's authority to transfer detainees for repatriation or resettlement in foreign countries or for prosecution in federal criminal court.</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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/20/what-values-based-foreign-policy-would-look">What a values-based foreign policy would look like</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Second terms are when presidents start to think about their legacy. And with a first term that earned President Barack Obama strong national security bona fides, he has the opportunity to pursue a robust foreign policy that more closely aligns U.S. values and interests.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130123033049/https://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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123033049/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123033049/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123033049/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130123033049/https://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/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123033049/https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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