Key documents

We have listed information sheets, campaign digests, fact-sheets and other documents with key information about the campaign to Counter terror with Justice.

For all materials produced as part of the campaign, visit our Library on-line. 

information sheets

TUNISIA

Tunisia: Torture, illegal detention and unfair trials

(23 June 2008) This document urges the Tunisian authorities, amongst other things, to end impunity for the security forces, to introduce a moratorium on executions and to take effective measure to prevent torture and other ill-treatment.

 

pakistan

Pakistan: Enforced disappearances: Disappeared justice in Pakistan

(1 August 2008) Since late 2001, hundreds of people suspected of links to terrorist activity have been arbitrarily detained in Pakistan and held in secret facilities. Denied access to lawyers, families and courts and held outside all protection of the law, they are victims of enforced disappearance. Most, if not all, are subjected to torture and other ill-treatment.

 

europe

Europe: Six steps for Europe to end rendition and secret detention

(Information sheet, 24 June 2008) European states have been implicated in the US-led rendition and secret detention programme, in which people have been unlawfully detained and transferred from one country to another outside of any judicial process. European states must act now to; condemn; investigate; bring to justice; ensure accountability of intelligence agencies; prevent secret detention and renditions; and provide reparations for victims.

United states of america

USA: Illegal US detentions: Facts and Figures (22 December 2008)

USA: Illegal US detentions: Timeline (22 December 2008)

USA: Solidarity with Guantanamo detainees: Voices from Guantánamo

(15 December 2008) Many of the men in Guantánamo have now been held unlawfully for over six years. After limited access to lawyers and writing materials was granted to the detainees, some of their words have emerged. Extracts of these writings are included in this digest. Detainees who have been released have said that the letters of solidarity they receive boosted their morale.

 

USA: Counter Terror with Justice: A checklist for the next US President

(5 november 2008) Using this checklist, Amnesty International calls on the next US president to close Guantánamo and end illegal detention; to eradicate torture and other ill-treatment; and to end impunity.

 

 

 

USA: International Protection for Guantánamo’s Victims

(1 September 2008) If Guantánamo is to be closed, just and lawful solutions must be found for all the detainees. Wherever they are accepted, the detainees require guarantees of both their physical and legal safety in order for them to begin rebuilding their lives in dignity. Governments able to offer a lawful, humane and sustainable solution to what has become an international scandal should act immediately.

 

USA: Illegal US detentions Focus Sheet: Framework for Ending Illegal US detentions

(10 December 2007) In this focus sheet Amnesty International presents a framework for the closure of Guantánamo Bay and calls on the US authorities to end immediately and permanently the US secret detention programme.

 

 

USA: Illegal US detentions Focus Sheet: Action Works: End Illegal Detention

(10 December 2007) This focus sheet looks at actions taken by Amnesty International and other human rights activists since the first prisoners were sent to Guantánamo in January 2002. The focus sheet also considers the US-led renditions programme.


 

 

USA: Illegal US detentions Focus Sheet: Conditions in Guantánamo

(10 December 2007) This focus sheet considers the conditions in which Guantánamo detainees are housed. Most spend at least 22 hours a day in total isolation and suffer other forms of sensory deprivation. The majority have been held for nearly six years with no prospect of a fair trial, no direct access to their families and limited or no access to a lawyer. These conditions have had a shattering impact on the psychological and physical health of many detainees.

 

USA: Illegal US detentions Focus Sheet: Life after Guantánamo. Fate of former detainees

(10 December 2007) Release from Guantánamo has not meant the end of suffering for many of the detainees. Some have been arrested immediately on arrival in their home country and possibly tortured. Some have been harassed. Many have suffered physical and psychological health problems. Some have found themselves in desperate poverty, their businesses and jobs long gone.