<span class="vcard">Daphne Eviatar</span>

Daphne Eviatar

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Daphne Eviatar (Twitter) is Director of the Security with Human Rights program at Amnesty International USA. She advocates for US compliance with international law in US national security policy.

Daphne writes a blog on the Huffington Post and has published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Politico and many other publications.

Daphne is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, New York University School of Law and Dartmouth College. She was a law clerk to Judge Irma E. Gonzalez on the United States District Court in San Diego and Judge Dolores K. Sloviter on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia. Daphne is also on LinkedIn.

Areas of Expertise: Military Commissions, Federal Courts, Drones, Targeted Killings, Detention

Selected Media Appearances
Television
Bagram: The Other Guantanamo? – CBS News

Radio
White House Again Raises Possibility Of Closing GuantanamoNPR (All Things Considered)
Just How Many Terrorists Has The U.S. Convicted? – NPR (All Things Considered)
Backstory: Detainees at BagramWNYC (The Leonard Lopate Show)

Online
Guantanamo pretrial hearing delayed as legal files vanish – Reuters
Is Guantanamo Bay Still Open For Justice?Huffington Post (HuffPost Live)
Kill the Kill List – Foreign Policy

Articles by this author:

Graffiti showing a US drone is depicted on a wall to protest against US drone strikes on September 19, 2018 in Sana'a, Yemen.
An American flag hangs on a wall behind barbed wire.
People in orange jumpsuits and black hoods walk in a single-file line in front of US Capitol building
A watch tower is seen in the currently closed Camp X-Ray at the U.S. Naval Station on June 27, 2013 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Barbed wire can be seen in both the background and foreground of the photo.
Smoke billowing out of buidlings following a coalition air strike in the western al-Daraiya neighbourhood of the embattled northern Syrian city of Raqa on September 5, 2017.
Two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors fly above Syria in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Feb. 2, 2018.
U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Andres, infantryman assigned to Task Force Guardian, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Oregon National Guard, provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during unloading and loading operations in Somalia on Feb. 6, 2020.
Coronavirus crisis volunteer Rhiannon Navin in front of the US flag.
Smoke billowing out following a coalition air strike in the western al-Daraiya neighbourhood of the embattled northern Syrian city of Raqa on September 5, 2017.
A military drone replica is displayed in front of the White House during a protest against drone strikes on January 12, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Demonstrators carry signs during an anti-war protest after President Donald Trump launched airstrikes in Syria, April 15, 2018 in New York City. A sign reads, “No!!! To U.S. Bombing in Syria!”
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