Counter terror with justice

Amnesty International UK held a mass demonstration in Downing Street, calling on the UK Government not to turn a blind eye to torture

Counter terror: Stop torture, end impunity

26 June is International Day in Support of Vicitms of Torture. Call on governments to stop torture and end impunity in the context of counter terrorism.


Government responses to the threat of terrorist attacks have led to a weakening of the framework of international human rights. States are resorting to practices which have long been prohibited by international law, and have sought to justify them in the name of national security.

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Iraqi prisoner clutches bars of cell at Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq

US detainees remain at risk as they are transferred to Iraqi custody

22 July 2009

Hundreds of detainees held by the US military in Iraq are being put at risk of execution, torture or other ill treatment as they are transferred to Iraqi custody without safeguards.

Saudi Arabia: Dire human rights record exacerbated by counter-terrorism measures

26 June 2009

The Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights in the name of security and fighting terrorism. Thousands of people have been arreste

End incommunicado detention in Spain

26 June 2009

Spanish law allows terrorism suspects to be held incommunicado for upto 13 days. Incommunicado detainees have no effective access to alawyer or to a doctor of their ch

Protect detainees against abuses in Tunisia

26 June 2009

Individuals suspected or accused in terrorism-related cases in Tunisia are subject to human rights violations, including torture and other ill-treatment, solitary conf

Polish investigation into CIA crimes: questions over secrecy remain

26 June 2009

Amnesty International called for the investigation into the long standing allegations initiated by the Polish National Prosecutor’s Office in 2008 to be transp

Accountability for US counter-terrorism human rights violations

26 June 2009

In the name of countering terrorism, the USA has violated the rights ofindividuals in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and elsewhere. The humanrights violations co

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Abu Omar was forcibly disappeared from a Milan street and flown via Germany to Egypt.

Convictions in Abu Omar rendition case a step toward accountability

5 November 2009

US and Italian intelligence agents are convicted for their involvement in the abduction of Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr (better known as Abu Omar).
Barack Obama speaking in the White House East Room, Washington DC, 7 October 2009.

Amnesty International urges President Obama to build on Nobel Peace Prize win

9 October 2009

US President Barack Obama must keep justice, human rights and the rule of law at the centre of his efforts to promote peace.
Bagram airbase, Afghanistan, 2002

USA must grant Bagram detainees access to US courts

16 September 2009

The USA must grant all detainees held in US custody at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan access to US courts and legal counsel, Amnesty International has said.
A still from the film Spain: Out of the Shadows shows a simulation of how Mohammed Mrabet Fahsi was tortured by the Guarda Civil

Spain must end incommunicado detention

15 September 2009

Amnesty International's new report shows how Spain has one of the strictest detention regimes in Europe, which is in breach of the country's obligations under international human rights law.
A Saudi special forces soldier stands guard at a check point, 5 February 2005, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia - countering terrorism with repression

11 September 2009

Since the September 11 attacks in the USA eight years ago, the Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights in the name of countering terrorism.
Demonstration of families of victims of enforced disappearance in Casablanca, Morocco, 1 May 2009

Remembering the world's disappeared in 2009

28 August 2009

All around the world, families wait to find out what happened to those loved ones who have been taken away from them by agents of the state or by people acting with its support or acquiescence.
US Attorney General Eric Holder, June 2009

CIA detention programme: Criminal investigations long overdue

27 August 2009

US Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a "preliminary review" into the secret detention programme operated by the CIA after the attacks of 11 September 2001. It's a welcome first step but it's not enough, says Amnesty International.

Tunisia continues human rights abuses in the name of security

20 August 2009

A new Amnesty International report says that Tunisia continues to commit human rights violations inthe name of security and counter-terrorism, yet other states continueto forcibly return Tunisian nationals at risk of torture and otherabuses.

Tunisian national released on bail after forcible return from Italy

13 August 2009

Ali Ben Sassi Toumi has been accused of 'membership of a terrorist organization', 'providing expertise and logistical support to a terrorist organization' and fraud.

Independent investigation into alleged UK involvement in torture long overdue

10 August 2009

Amnesty International has reiterated its call for an independent public inquiry into allegations of UK complicity in torture.