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News and Updates

Turkey: Anti-terror arrests target prominent human rights lawyers

18 January 2013

Overnight police raids in several Turkish cities have resulted in the arrest of 15 human rights lawyers known for defending individuals’ right to freedom of speech and victims of police violence.

Pakistan: Investigate deaths in lawless Tribal Areas

17 January 2013

Following protests against unlawful killings across the Tribal Areas, Pakistan's authorities must investigate and bring anyone identified as responsible to justice in fair trials.

Saudi Arabia: 11 women still held after protest

8 January 2013

At least 11 women are still believed to be in detention in Saudi Arabia after being detained at a protest on 5 January.

Guantánamo: In his second term Obama must correct human rights failure

8 January 2013

US President Barack Obama must revisit the promise he made in 2009 to close the Guantánamo detention facility and commit to releasing the detainees or bringing them to fair trial.

Renewed emergency legislation leaves southern Thailand in human rights limbo

21 December 2012

Thailand must stop flouting its human rights obligations while tackling insurgent violence in the south of the country.

Video and Audio

Video: Moazzam Begg read Poems from Guantánamo

23 January 2008

Former Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg reads a poem that he wrote while he was held at the US detention centre.

Video: Worldwide actions to close Guantánamo

18 January 2008

Thousands of people, including Amnesty International members and supporters from around the world, have taken action to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfe

Video: Protest in Washington to end illegal US detention

12 January 2008

Amnesty International activists gathered in Washington D.C. on 11 January to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo. 

Video: Close Guantánamo actions in the UK

11 January 2008

Actions to mark the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo in London started on 10 January, when Amnesty International activists organized an all-night vigil around a

Audio: Poems from Guantánamo, the detainees speak

12 December 2007

In the latest edition of the Amnesty International Podcast, a selection of poems by Gunatánamo Bay detainees are read out.

Video: Riz Ahmed reads Poems from Guantánamo

12 December 2007

Riz Ahmed, the actor who appeared in the film "Road to Guantánamo