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USA: Amnesty International “Deeply Disappointed” by Supreme Court’s Decision to Reject Arar Appeal

Geneve Mantri, counter terrorism with justice government relations director for Amnesty International USA, issued the...

March 27, 2011

Press Release

USA: New Documents Show Congress Knows More About CIA Rendition, Secret Detention, and Torture

- New FOIA documents illustrate that key congressional members from both houses were briefed numerous times about the...

March 27, 2011

Press Release

Afghanistan: Amnesty International Contacts Taliban Spokesperson, Urges Release of Hostages

Amnesty International has made direct contact with the Taliban to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all...

March 27, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

USA: Shadow over justice: Absence of accountability and remedy casts shadow over opening of trial of former secret detainee accused in embassy bombings

USA: Shadow over justice Absence of accountability and remedy casts shadow over opening of trial of former secret detainee accused…

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Investigation, Prosecution, Remedy: Accountability For Human Rights Violations In The War On Terror

The USA is required by international law to respect and ensure human rights, to thoroughly investigate every violation of those…

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Uganda: “Breaking God’s commands”: The destruction of childhood by the Lord’s Resistance Army

The organization has chosen to issue this report about abuses against children (mainly by the LRA) because thousands of...

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

“A Step Backwards” – Torture and Other Ill-Treatment by Burundi’s National Intelligence Service

“A Step Backwards” – Torture and other Ill-Treatment by Burundi’s National Intelligence Service

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Zimbabwe: A trail of violence after the ballot

Amnesty International has documented unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment of human rights defenders in Zimbabwe following elections on March…

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Nigeria: Time to end contempt for human rights

The present military government in Nigeria has a record of open contempt for human rights. This report begins with an…

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

New Order, Same Abuses: Unlawful Detentions and Torture in Iraq

More than seven years after the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the human rights situation remains dire. Despite…

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Morocco: Continued detention of three brothers who “disappeared” in 1973 (STOP PRESS: released 30 December 1991)

Midhat Rene Bourequat, Bayazid Jacques Bourequat and Ali Auguste Bourequat, three brothers of French nationality, were...

March 26, 2011