Despite consistent reports of torture and other ill-treatment by Afghanistan's intelligence service, members of the NATO-led forces continue to hand detainees over to
On 17 October a year ago, US President George W. Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006. A law that turned flawed executive policy into flawed domes
4 July is a day for celebration in the USA. The bitter irony is that, this year, 4 July also marks 2,000 days since the US administration transferred the first "w
At least 140 men, women and children fleeing conflict in Somalia were arrested by Kenyan authorities between 30 December 2006 and February 2007 as they tried to enter
Torture and other ill-treatment continue to be perpetrated with impunity in Algeria in cases of individuals who are thought to have information about terrorism.
Amnesty International has called for a fully independent investigation led by civilians into the death of a Saudi Arabian national at Guantánamo after an appare
The Egyptian authorities are committing systematic abuses of human rights in the name of national security -- and a planned new anti-terror law could make the situatio
Amnesty International welcomes the release from Guantánamo of Bisher al-Rawi. The UK resident was reunited with his family in the UK on 1 April after more than
After labelling them as threats to "national security", the UK has recently deported two men to Algeria, a country with a known record of torture and other i
