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Thomas not guilty of receiving al-Qaeda funds
Jack ThomasAmnesty International is pleased with the Supreme Court's finding that Jack Thomas is not guilty of receiving funds from al-Qaeda. We have been involved in his case for a number of years.
The arrest of Augusto Pinochet: 10 years on
© AP Graphics BankThe arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London on 16 October 1998 was a milestone in Amnesty International's work for international justice. On the tenth anniversary of Pinochet's arrest, we celebrate the dramatic impact it has had on the search for justice both in Chile and in other cases of human rights violation internationally.
Judge orders Guantanamo Uighurs be allowed into US
© US Department of DefenceIn a triumph for the rule of a law, a federal judge has ordered the US to immediately free 17 Chinese Uighurs who have been held in Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years, and allow them into the US.
Sami Al Hajj thanks Amnesty International members
© APWe wish to thank everyone who wrote a letter to Sami Al Hajj, the 39-year-old Sudanese Al Jazeera cameraman who had been held in US custody since December 2001. We recently forwarded to him 10,000 Amnesty International members' letters, and he has replied with the following message...
Europe in denial over role in US rendition
Amnesty International warns that not a single measure has been taken to prevent further European involvement in rendition and secret detention, and called for independent investigations to be initiated urgently.
No hiding place for torture
Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to be free from torture and other ill-treatment. 60 years after it was adopted unanimously at the United Nations, Amnesty International documented torture in at least 81 countries.
Amnesty International puts spotlight on torture
© AFPTo mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, Amnesty International will lead worldwide events and publish reports putting a spotlight on torture and other ill-treatment. It will lead attempts to roll back the assault on the prohibition of torture, in particular the arguments that it is justified or necessary to counter the threat of terrorism.
Fair Trials at Guantanamo: A Case for justice
Ahmad GhailaniA 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.
From Abu Ghraib to secret CIA custody
One man's story illustrates the global reach of the USA's secret detention network and provides chilling allegations of the deliberate and persistent use of torture and other ill-treatment. It is the story of a man who has never been charged with any crime, but who spent nearly three years in U.S. custody as a victim of enforced disappearance.
More military commission proceedings at Guantanamo
© DoD, U.S. Navy.This week, the U.S. Government will be conducting further military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Amnesty International will once again have an observer at these pre-trial proceedings.
President Bush vetoes anti-torture legislation
George Bush © APIn his 14 February 2008 interview, President Bush suggested that "history will judge the decisions made during this period of time as necessary decisions". Amnesty International suggests that history will not look favourably on enforced disappearances, torture or unfair trials. Or those who authorised them.
Impunity and injustice in the ‘war on terror’
© US DoDFrom torture in secret detention to execution after unfair trial? Read our latest report on the recent U.S developments of torture and its military commissions.
Investigation essential after CIA’s ‘waterboarding’ admission
© David HerthnekA full, independent and prompt criminal investigation is essential, following the first public admission by CIA Director, General Michael Hayden, that waterboarding had been used by the agency as an interrogation technique against three detainees held in secret custody.
Six years too long. It’s time to close Guantanamo.
© YoutubeOn 11 January six years ago, the U.S. Administration took in its first 'war on terror' detainees into the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. On a global day of action six years later, supporters in orange jumpsuits spoke out to call for the shutdown of Guantanamo Bay which still holds approximately 300 detainees.
Facts and figures: Illegal U.S. detentions
Image from "The Road to Guantanamo."This focus sheet gives numerical information which supports claims about the harshness of the facility, suicide attempts, secret CIA custody and those who remain detained without charge.
Guantanamo: Symbol of wider injustice
© US DoDSix years after the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo Bay, the US offshore facility remains a global symbol of injustice. It is, however, only one part of a wider detention regime removed from the protection of international law. Hundreds of detainees, for example, remain in indefinite detention without charge or trial at the US airbase at Bagram in Afghanistan, without access to lawyers or the courts.
Framework: End illegal US detentions
© AIAmnesty International presents a framework for the closure of Guantanamo Bay and calls on US authorities to immediately and permanently end their secret detention program.
Activists in orange mark six years of Guantanamo black hole
Simon FreemanOn 11 January six years ago, the U.S. administration took in its first 'war on terror' detainees into Guantanamo Bay. At 8am on 11 January 2008, supporters in orange jumpsuits gathered outside the U.S. Consulate in Sydney's Martin Place to represent the nearly 300 detainees remaining in there. Our National Director, Claire Mallinson, called for the U.S. to immediately close Guantanamo and end illegal detention.
Life after Guantanamo
@copy; AIBeing released from Guantanamo has not meant the end of suffering for many of the detainees. Read about the fate of ten former detainees.
Poems from Guantanamo
Al Anazi, a Saudi Arabian citizen, was arrested in Afghanistan on his recovery bed, following the amputation of his leg, and turned over to US forces by bounty hunters. He was held in Guantanamo from 2002 to 2007, not knowing when or if he would ever be released and with no prospect of a fair trial. Like many of his fellow detainees, al Anazi turned to poetry in order to express his anguish at the injustice of his situation.
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