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News and Updates

Guantánamo: In his second term Obama must correct human rights failure

8 January 2013

US President Barack Obama must revisit the promise he made in 2009 to close the Guantánamo detention facility and commit to releasing the detainees or bringing them to fair trial.

Renewed emergency legislation leaves southern Thailand in human rights limbo

21 December 2012

Thailand must stop flouting its human rights obligations while tackling insurgent violence in the south of the country.

Historic ruling on Europe’s role in CIA renditions

13 December 2012

Today’s ruling on the CIA’s detention and rendition of German national Khaled El-Masri is a milestone in the fight against impunity for US-led secret detention programmes.

Nigeria: Independent investigation into Maiduguri killings vital

2 November 2012

Dozens of men and boys have been reportedly shot by Nigerian security forces as an Amnesty International report slammed human rights violations by the security forces in response to Boko Haram violence.

Nigeria: Security forces out of control in fight against terror of Boko Haram

1 November 2012

The brutal actions of Nigeria's security forces in response to Boko Haram's campaign of terror are making an already desperate situation even worse.

Video and Audio

Video: Moazzam Begg read Poems from Guantánamo

23 January 2008

Former Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg reads a poem that he wrote while he was held at the US detention centre.

Video: Worldwide actions to close Guantánamo

18 January 2008

Thousands of people, including Amnesty International members and supporters from around the world, have taken action to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfe

Video: Protest in Washington to end illegal US detention

12 January 2008

Amnesty International activists gathered in Washington D.C. on 11 January to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo. 

Video: Close Guantánamo actions in the UK

11 January 2008

Actions to mark the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo in London started on 10 January, when Amnesty International activists organized an all-night vigil around a

Audio: Poems from Guantánamo, the detainees speak

12 December 2007

In the latest edition of the Amnesty International Podcast, a selection of poems by Gunatánamo Bay detainees are read out.

Video: Riz Ahmed reads Poems from Guantánamo

12 December 2007

Riz Ahmed, the actor who appeared in the film "Road to Guantánamo