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.
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.
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.
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.
Ali Ben Sassi Toumi has been accused of 'membership of a terrorist
organization', 'providing expertise and logistical support to a
terrorist organization' and fraud.
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.
Usra al-Hussein’s imprisonment for almost a year, may have been related to her efforts to
communicate with an international organization regarding the detention
conditions of her husband.
