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Publication Date: 21 February 2007

Egyptian blogger faces 10-year prison sentence

Egyptian blogger Karim Amer is standing trial for his writings criticizing Egypt's al-Azhar religious authorities, Islam and President Husni Mubarak. His trial resumes

Publication Date: 20 February 2007

Egyptian blogger faces 10-year prison sentence

Egyptian blogger Karim Amer is standing trial for his writings criticizing Egypt's al-Azhar religious authorities, Islam and President Husni Mubarak. His trial res

Publication Date: 16 January 2007

Good News: Iranian student blogger freed

Iranian student activist and blogger Kianoosh Sanjari has been released from prison after over two month's detention.

Publication Date: 20 November 2006

Guantánamo: pain and distress for thousands of children

Thousands of children around the world have suffered pain and distress as a result of US counter-terror policies and practices.

Publication Date: 24 July 2006

Jordan: 'Your confessions are ready to sign!'

Jordan detains and tortures political and security suspects.

Publication Date: 03 May 2006

Press Freedom: Journalists in need of protection

Since the beginning of the war in Iraq in March 2003, more journalists have been killed in that country than anywhere else in the world.

Publication Date: 27 April 2006

Abu Ghraib torture victims still seeking redress

Two years ago the release of photographs showing detainees being tortured and ill-treated by US military personnel at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq shocked and horrified t

Publication Date: 05 April 2006

The secretive and illegal US programme of 'rendition'

Salah 'Ali Qaru finally emerged free from detention around midnight on 27 March. In nearly three years, the 27-year-old Yemeni was tortured in Jordan, flown from count

Publication Date: 22 February 2006

UK government’s 'war on terror' policies put people at risk of torture

UK residents Jamil al-Banna, a Jordanian national, and Bisher al-Rawi, an Iraqi national, were arrested in Gambia in 2002, transferred to a US base in Afghanistan and

Publication Date: 30 November 2005

Conference Report

'The Global Struggle Against Torture: Guantánamo Bay, Bagram and Beyond', 19-21 November 2005

Publication Date: 03 May 2004

Press freedom: Deliberately targeted for doing their jobs

The freedom of the press is an essential element of the protection of human rights.

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Bahrain protest deaths rise as camp is evicted

Amnesty International condemns the Bahraini authorities' forcible removal of a peaceful protest camp in the centre of the capital Manama that has reportedly left three people dead.

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Syria: Release of journalist must be first test of opposition coalition

The main Syrian opposition coalition must ensure the release of a Ukrainian journalist being held by an unidentified armed group which says it is affiliated with the Free Syrian Army (FSA)