Blogs

Woodfox and Wallace mugshots © The Mob Film Company Ltd 2009

The Angola 3: punished for ‘Black Pantherism’?

The "Angola 3" have together spent nearly 80 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana State Penitentiary, USA

Guantanamo Bay detention camp© US DoD

Apparent suicide at Guantanamo Bay

The death of Hajji Nassim highlights the impact of detention without trial on those detained in Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr, 2010 © AP

Omar Khadr’s sentence: one last injustice in an eight year fiasco

A statement from AI Canada's Secretary General Alex Neve concerning the sentence handed down to Omar Khadr.

No Security Without Human Rights - Omar Khadr Sentencing Hearing: Day One

AI Canada's Secretary General Alex Neve is observing the military commission hearings in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Here are his notes from yesterday's proceedings:

AI Canada's Secretary General Alex Neve at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Trial begins, but when will it continue?

Alex Neve blogs from the Omar Khadr trial, where the trial began in dramatic circumstances.

‘Jury’ selected for Omar Khadr’s military commission trial

Alex Neve blogs from the Omar Khadr trial, where the "jury" was selected for the trial.

Prosecution can use allegedly coerced statements

Alex Neve blogs from the Omar Khadr trial, where it took 90 seconds to rule that the prosecution can use allegedly coerced statements

A simulation of a victim of torture ©AI

The silence of our friends

Each year 26 June marks the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. A day to remember the thousands of people around the world who have suffered the unimaginable terror of torture and to remind people that torture is not only unacceptable, it is also a crime.

No security without human rights

AI Canada Secretary General Alex Neve was at Guantánamo Bay to observe the trial of Omar Khadr. He asks - where is Canada's voice?

detainee in Camp 4
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Guantanamo’s Forgotten: Omar Khadr

US attorney General Eric Holder has announced that not all Guantanamo detainees will be afforded federal court trials. Omar Khadr, detained as a child, is one of those who will instead be tried under the fatally flawed and internationally condemned military commissions process.

Disappear
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On Torture

On the 16th April, 2009, President Obama authorised the release of four memo's written by members of the Office of Legal Council (OLC) between 2002 and 2005.The release of these memos along with the recent leaked ICRC report are a stark reminder of what has occurred in the name of freedom and democracy and the need for accountability.

A Canadian perspective -  the case of Omar Khadr

Omar Khadr, a Canadian national, has been in US military detention for approximately 6 years, a quarter of his life. He was taken into custody in July 2002 by US forces in Afghanistan at the age of 15 and is charged with throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in a July 2002 firefight.

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Ahmad Ghailani

Fair trials at Guantanamo: A case for justice

A Pentagon prosecutor filed proposed death penalty charges Monday against a Tanzanian man (Ahmad Ghailani) currently held at Guantanamo, alleging he helped amass dynamite and other supplies for the 1998 al Qaeda suicide bombing of the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Six years without judicial review

Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. Habeas corpus is a remedy that protects these rights, including the right not be subjected to enforced disappearance, secret detention, arbitrary detention, unlawful transfer, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

Anti-Terror Laws continue to breed Injustice

A Sri Lankan fisherman is kidnapped by the Tamil Tigers and forced to pay a $500 ransom. Fearing for his safety and that of his family, he considers emigrating from Sri Lanka in order to avoid further persecution.

Slippery slopes and the Politics of Torture

Despite the Bush administration's claim to be the global anti-torture champion, US officials take a pick-and-choose approach on international law when it comes to the 'war on terror.'

Anger at the Bridge Club

Impromptu protest, spurred by US torture concerns, reveals the cost of current US torture policy.

Uni discussions about the War on Terror

I had just arrived in Sydney from Canada and was astonished to discover that Australia did not have a Bill of Rights comparable to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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