Counter Terror with Justice

EU to assist in ending Guantánamo detentions, USA must now play its part - 4 June 2009

Amnesty International today welcomed the agreement reached by European Union member states on practical steps that could facilitate the safe release of Guantána

President Obama visits Egypt - 4 June 2009

US President Barack Obama met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Thursday as he continued his trip to the Middle East.

President Obama urged to tackle human rights violations in Saudi Arabia - 3 June 2009

US President Barack Obama begins his trip to the Middle East with a visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

President Obama defends Guantánamo closure, but endorses indefinite preventive detention - 22 May 2009

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

Guantánamo: USA and other governments must follow France’s lead and accept released detainees - 15 May 2009

The French government is taking a step to help consign to history the detention facility at Guantánamo, said Amnesty International today after the French author

Return of Guantánamo military commissions would not serve justice - 15 May 2009

President Barack Obama would be "short-changing justice" if he revives the military commissions to try Guantánamo detainees, Amnesty International has said.

USA: Return of military commissions would not serve justice - 15 May 2009

Amnesty International today said that if President Barack Obama revives the military commissions to try Guantánamo detainees he would be “short-changing j

Mixed messages from President Obama after 100 days - 29 April 2009

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.