To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty International members and supporters are taking action around the world.
Don’t let arguments for torture go unchallenged. Watch this video where former US President Carter, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and others raise their voices against torture and other ill-treatment
It is time for the Tunisian authorities to live up to their lofty rhetoric on human rights.
Abu Omar was rendered by US agents, via Germany, to Egypt, where he was held
for nearly four years, including 14 months in secret detention.
Amnesty International has warned that not a single measure had been
taken to prevent further European involvement in rendition and secret
detention, and has called for independent investigations to be initiated
urgently
In May 2008, Manfred Nowak spoke to Amnesty International about the role of European states in the US-led programmes of rendition and secret detention.
European states reject responsibility to admit or investigate complicity in US-led renditions and secret detention.
As France takes over the Presidency of the EU in July 2008, call on the French President to ensure that all EU governments cooperate to end rendition and secret detention.
Abuses by security forces in Tunisia go unpunished, despite lip service to human rights by the government.
The Tunisian government is misleading the world as it conveys a positive image of the human rights situation in the country while abuses by its security forces continue unabated and are committed with impunity, Amnesty International revealed in a new report today.
