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Human Rights in United States of America

US detainees remain at risk as they are transferred to Iraqi ...
22 July 2009

Hundreds of detainees held by the US military in Iraq are being put atrisk of execution, torture or other ill treatment as they aretransferred to Iraqi custody ...

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Wife of Guantánamo detainee released in Syria | Amnesty ...
22 July 2009

Usra al-Hussein’s imprisonment for almost a year, may have been related to her efforts tocommunicate with an international organization regarding the detentionconditions ...

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USA: Sounding a note of urgency: Judge loses patience over ...
21 July 2009

On 5 August 2009, almost 14 months after the US Supreme Court ruled that the Guantánamo detainees are entitled to a “prompt” habeas corpus hearing to challenge ...

Document       AMR 51/084/2009

USA: Not too late to abandon military commissions
16 July 2009

Military commission proceedings are taking place this week at Guantánamo Bay, including on more government motions to suspend proceedings while the administration ...

Document       AMR 51/082/2009

USA: Trials in error: Third go at misconceived military commission ...
16 July 2009

Amnesty International described in March 2007 its concerns about how the rules and procedures under the Military Commissions Act failed to offer full guarantees ...

Document       AMR 51/083/2009

USA: From Secret Detention to the Death Penalty?
3 July 2009

Tanzanian national Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, who has been detained without charge for five years, two of them at undisclosed locations, is now facing trial in US ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/081/2009

Accountability for US counter-terrorism human rights violations ...
26 June 2009

In the name of countering terrorism, the USA has violated the rights ofindividuals in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and elsewhere. The humanrights violations co

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Former Bagram detainees allege abuse while in US custody | Amnesty ...
24 June 2009

Former detainees held by the USA at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan havetold the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) how they were subjectedto abuse while in cust

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USA: Judge orders Guantánamo detainee released after seven and a ...
24 June 2009

On 22 June 2009, a US federal judge ordered the immediate release of Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al Ginco (Abdul Rahim al Janko), a 31-year-old Syrian national of Kurdish ...

Document       AMR 51/080/2009

Poland: CIA Crimes and Polish Complicity? [postcard]
22 June 2009

Poland: CIA Crimes and Polish Complicity? [postcard]

Document       EUR 37/001/2009