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USA: Abuses at Bagram must be part of wider inquiry - 24 June 2009

A media report today on interviews with former Bagram detainees is a timely reminder of the continuing need for accountability, transparency and for the human rights o

UK Law Lords rule control orders based on secret information violate right to fair trial - 10 June 2009

The highest court in the United Kingdom has ruled that people have the right to know the information used against them to impose control orders, so that they can eff

Guantánamo: Palau’s offer to accept detainees would not excuse USA - 10 June 2009

Reports that the government of Palau has offered to temporarily accept up to 17 Guantánamo detainees leave many questions unanswered and even if the offer is ta

EU to assist in ending Guantánamo detentions, USA must now play its part - 4 June 2009

Amnesty International today welcomed the agreement reached by European Union member states on practical steps that could facilitate the safe release of Guantána

President Obama visits Egypt - 4 June 2009

US President Barack Obama met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Thursday as he continued his trip to the Middle East.

President Obama urged to tackle human rights violations in Saudi Arabia - 3 June 2009

US President Barack Obama begins his trip to the Middle East with a visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

President Obama defends Guantánamo closure, but endorses indefinite preventive detention - 22 May 2009

US President Barack Obama has restated his commitment to closing the Guantánamo detention facility and to ending the use of the so-called "enhanced inter

Guantánamo: USA and other governments must follow France’s lead and accept released detainees - 15 May 2009

The French government is taking a step to help consign to history the detention facility at Guantánamo, said Amnesty International today after the French author

Return of Guantánamo military commissions would not serve justice - 15 May 2009

President Barack Obama would be "short-changing justice" if he revives the military commissions to try Guantánamo detainees, Amnesty International has said.

USA: Return of military commissions would not serve justice - 15 May 2009

Amnesty International today said that if President Barack Obama revives the military commissions to try Guantánamo detainees he would be “short-changing j