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Canada urged to arrest and prosecute George W. Bush
Amnesty International today urged Canadian authorities to arrest and either prosecute or extradite former US President George W. Bush for his role in torture, ahead of his expected visit to…
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Amnesty International Welcomes Reid’s Decision to Deny Military Custody Provision in National Defense Authorization Act
Amnesty International USA welcomes the decision yesterday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid not to accept a provision in the draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require terrorism…
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Lithuania: Re-open secret prison investigation now
The Lithuanian government has admitted its involvement in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes. An investigation opened into two secret CIA detention sites that had already been acknowledged was…
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Lithuania Must Re-open Secret Prison Investigation Since Authorities Admitted to Hosting Sites, Says Amnesty International
Lithuania must immediately reinstate the criminal investigation into its involvement in the U.S.-led rendition and secret detention programs, documents developments since the authorities admitted that Lithuania hosted two secret Central…
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Iranian Guards Compare Evin Prison to Guantanamo
Recently released US hikers tell of abuses in Iran's notorious Evin Prison. Guards there justified prisoner treatment as comparable to conditions at Guantanamo.
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Dick Cheney's Ten Year War on Truth
Dick Cheney is using his new memoir to reaffirm his support of egregious human rights abuses by the Bush Administration. Find out what's fact and what's fiction.
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Cheney’s National Security Claims Were Long Ago Rebutted, Says Amnesty International as former VP’s Memoir is Released
Tom Parker, policy director for terrorism and human rights for Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement in advance of the release of former VP Dick Cheney’s memoir.
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Close Gitmo and Help Solve the Debt Crisis
The post-9/11 bill for Guantanamo is almost $2 billion, but so far it has escaped the financial meltdown unscathed.
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Act Now or Gitmo Never Ends
Prevent Guantanamo becoming a permanent stain on the reputation of the United States.
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Obama's Alleged Link to Secret Prisons and Extraordinary Rendition
New reports indicate the US is maintaining a secret prison in Somalia. If US abuses continue to go unpunished, it will embolden other countries to disregard their international legal obligations.
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Annual Report: Algeria 2011
Head of state: Abdelaziz Bouteflika Head of government: Ahmed Ouyahiya Death penalty: abolitionist in practice Population: 35.4 million Life expectancy: 72.9 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 35/31 per 1,000 Adult literacy:…
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Annual Report: Kuwait 2011
Head of state: al-Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Head of government: al-Shaikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah Death penalty: retentionist Population: 3.1 million Life expectancy: 77.9 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 11/9…