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European Court reaffirms ban on torture

28 February 2008

The European Court of Human Rights has re-affirmed the absolute prohibition of torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 

Call for independent UK investigation into US renditions

23 February 2008

Amnesty International has called for a full, independent investigation into any further UK involvement in renditions.

Court win for man wrongly accused of terrorism

20 February 2008

A flight instructor wrongly accused of training the hijackers of planes used in the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA has won his appeal.

USA's record on racial discrimination under scrutiny

18 February 2008

The USA's record under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will come under scrutiny next week.

Bush urged not to veto waterboarding bill

15 February 2008

Amnesty International has called on US President Bush not to veto a bill outlawing waterboarding.

US seeks death penalty for Guantánamo detainees

12 February 2008

The US government is seeking the death penalty against six “high-value” detainees at Guantánamo Bay charged on Monday.

Six years from home – Guantánamo detainees from Bosnia and Herzegovina

18 January 2008

It is now six years since six men were illegally transferred from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Guantánamo, where they remain in indefinite detention.

The world shouts 'Close Guantánamo'

16 January 2008

Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.

Six years of illegal US detentions

11 January 2008

To mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International is leading worldwide events to seek the immediate clo

World marks sixth anniversary of Guantánamo Bay

10 January 2008

Amnesty International is leading worldwide events, rallies and meetings to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo Bay.