US President Barack Obama has restated his commitment to closing the
Guantánamo detention facility and to ending the use of the so-called
"enhanced inter
President Barack Obama would be "short-changing justice" if he revives the military commissions to try Guantánamo detainees, Amnesty International has said.
100 days after taking office, President Obama's record in terms of US counter terrorism policies has been assessed in a new Amnesty International report.
Condoleezza Rice approved the use of “water-boarding” in 2002 according
to information released on Wednesday by the US Senate Select Committee
on Intelli
Four previously secret memorandums released by the new US
administration give an insight into how its predecessor lost its legal
and moral compass in turning to tort
Amnesty International has called on other European governments to
follow Ireland's lead in offering to accept a small number of
Guantánamo detainees who the U
The decision could give the UK government the green light to start deporting people to countries where they will be at risk of serious human rights abuses.
