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Poland: government must investigate secret CIA jails

12 September 2008

With evidence that the CIA operated a secret detention facility in Poland mounting, Amnesty International has welcomed the news that public prosecutors have initiated

UN counter-terrorism review should make human rights a priority

4 September 2008

As the United Nations General Assembly conducts the first major review of its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an Amnesty International report shows how government

Hamdan sentenced by military commission

8 August 2008

Convicted of  “providing material support for terrorism”, the Yemeni national was sentenced to five and a half years in prison at the first US milita

Observing Guantánamo's military commission hearings (Part 2)

6 August 2008

Matthew Pollard, Amnesty International's legal advisor, describes the Guantánamo hearings and discusses the reasons for his being in Guantánamo.
Salim Hamdan

Hamdan convicted at Guantánamo

6 August 2008

Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni national, has been convicted by a panel of six US military officers of "providing material support for terrorism", but acquitted of &q

Observing Guantánamo's military commission hearings

5 August 2008

Matt Pollard, Amnesty International’s latest trial observer atthe recent military commission hearings at Guantánamo Bay, gives a sense of what it was like
Amina Masood Janjua holding the photo of her “disappeared” husband in September 2006.

Denying the undeniable: Enforced disappearances in Pakistan

22 July 2008

New government of Pakistan must reveal the truth about enforced disappearances

Omar Khadr must be immediately repatriated to Canada

15 July 2008

Reacting to the release of a video publicly showing Canadian citizen Omar Khadr being questioned at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International

Military judge warns 9/11 accused of disadvantages of self-representation

10 July 2008

Three of the five men accused of orchestrating the attacks of 11 September 2001 and facing a death penalty trial by military commission are appearing in front of a m
Guantánamo detainee Mustafa al Hawsawi arraigned at Camp Justice

Guantánamo military commission hearings resume

9 July 2008

Five Guantánamo detainees accused of involvement in the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the USA are due to appear in front of a military judge this week.