Parliamentarians present US government officials with an Amnesty International declaration endorsed by over 1,200 of their counterparts worldwide.
A life-size model of a cell at Guantánamo will travel to US cities to bring a taste of the harsh realities of prolonged isolation in detention to the US public.
As nine more detainees were freed from Guantánamo, Amnesty
International today reiterated that the Guantánamo detentions are a
travesty of justice. The US administration must either bring to fair
trial or release, with full protections against further abuse, the 270
detainees still held there.
Patrick Okoroafor was just 14 years old when he was arrested in May
1995. Two years later, he was sentenced to death for robbery.
The UK government's policy of "deportation with assurances" was called
into question on Wednesday by decisions of the Court of Appeal of
England and Wales in two key cases.
Amnesty International called on the Chinese authorities to immediately
end repressive measures against Chinese human rights defenders in
Beijing and other parts of China, as well as against protesters in
Tibet and surrounding regions, as it launched its report
China: The
Olympics countdown – crackdown on activists threatens Olympics legacy.
A Moroccan who was jailed for creating a Facebook profile of a prince has been released from prison.
Five years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still in disarray.
A man who spent nearly three years in secret CIA detention spoke exclusively to Amnesty International about his ordeal.
Despite the storm force winds and heavy rain, Amnesty International
members held a vigil outside the Embassy of Georgia in London on
Tuesday.
