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Lotfi Raissi

Court win for man wrongly accused of terrorism

20 February 2008

A flight instructor wrongly accused of training the hijackers of planes used in the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA has won his appeal.

USA's record on racial discrimination under scrutiny

18 February 2008

The USA's record under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will come under scrutiny next week.

Bush urged not to veto waterboarding bill

15 February 2008

Amnesty International has called on US President Bush not to veto a bill outlawing waterboarding.
Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann, US Legal Adviser, announces charges against six Guantanamo Bay detainees

US seeks death penalty for Guantánamo detainees

12 February 2008

The US government is seeking the death penalty against six “high-value” detainees at Guantánamo Bay charged on Monday.

Six years from home – Guantánamo detainees from Bosnia and Herzegovina

18 January 2008

It is now six years since six men were illegally transferred from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Guantánamo, where they remain in indefinite detention.
Activists in Japan prepared Close Guantánamo cake on the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo.

The world shouts 'Close Guantánamo'

16 January 2008

Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.
Close Guantánamo action in Sydney, Australia, 11 January 2008

Six years of illegal US detentions

11 January 2008

To mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International is leading worldwide events to seek the immediate clo
Protester outside US Supreme Court to mark fifth anniversary of Guantánamo Bay detentions, Washington DC

World marks sixth anniversary of Guantánamo Bay

10 January 2008

Amnesty International is leading worldwide events, rallies and meetings to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo Bay.
Detainee in Guantánamo, 9 October 2007

Poems from Guantánamo

12 December 2007

A newly compiled book of poetry captures the thoughts and feelings of Guantánamo detainees in their own words.
Protester outside US Supreme Court marks fifth anniversary of Guantanamo Bay detentions

Guantánamo detentions set for legal showdown

7 December 2007

The US Supreme Court has begun considering whether Guantánamo detainees should have access to the courts to contest their detention.