Counter Terror with Justice

Pakistan fails to come clean on secret detentions - 25 February 2009

Pakistan's new civilian government has failed to provide information about hundreds of cases of people believed to be held secretly by the government.

Binyam Mohamed released from Guantánamo - 24 February 2009

UK resident Binyam Mohamed has been released from detention in Guantánamo Bay and allowed to return to the UK.

Law Lords give go-ahead for deportations, including that of Abu Qatada - 18 February 2009

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.

EU ministers urged to help close Guantánamo - 26 January 2009

A coalition of human rights organizations is calling on EU foreign ministers to help by offering humanitarian protection to detainees at risk of torture or other seri

USA: President Obama’s orders on interrogations and CIA – historic decisions - 23 January 2009

Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan today said President Obama’s Executive Order on interrogations and the end of CIA’s secret deten

USA: Executive order to close Guantánamo a major step forward - 22 January 2009

Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan has called President Barack Obama’s executive order to close the Guantánamo detention facility &quo

USA: Executive order to close Guantánamo a major step forward - 22 January 2009

Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan today called President Barack Obama’s executive order to close the Guantánamo detention facility &ldq

Counter terror and human rights: mixed messages in first 100 days

When he took office on 20 January 2009, President Barack Obama inherited a legacy of torture, impunity and unlawful detention.

USA: Move to suspend military tribunals a positive first step - 22 January 2009

Amnesty International has welcomed the new US administration’s moves to suspend military commission proceedings at Guantánamo as a “positive sign&

EUROPE: HELP CLOSE GUANTÁNAMO: Offer Humanitarian Protection to Detainees Who Risk Torture or Persecution at Home - 22 January 2009

A coalition of human rights organizations called on EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels next week to help close the Guantánamo Bay prison by offering hum