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UK House of Lords to vote on 42-day detention - 13 October 2008

The House of Lords in the UK is expected to vote on Monday on proposals that would allow the period of pre-charge detention in terrorism cases to be extended. 

Video: Protest launches tour against enforced disappearance in Pakistan - 3 September 2008

Amnesty International called on the Pakistan government to reveal the fate and whereabouts of hundreds of disappeared people, amid international protests to mark the

UK: Government must provide information about rendition, disappearance and torture - 29 August 2008

Amnesty International calls on the government of the UK to give the lawyers for Binyam Mohamed, a former UK resident imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay, information

UK Ministry of Defence agrees to compensate Iraqi torture victims - 14 July 2008

The family of an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being tortured over a period of 36 hours while detained by UK troops in Basra, Iraq, will be paid compensati

UK MPs vote to extend pre-charge detention - 11 June 2008

UK Members of Parliament have voted to extend yet further the maximum period of pre-charge detention for terror suspects.

UK inquiry into torture and death of Iraqi in UK custody must be independent - 16 May 2008

Amnesty International has welcomed the public inquiry into the case of an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being tortured over a period of 36 hours while deta

Parliamentarians meet US authorities over illegal detentions - 14 May 2008

Parliamentarians present US government officials with an Amnesty International declaration endorsed by over 1,200 of their counterparts worldwide.

UK deportation policy questioned by court - 9 April 2008

The UK government's policy of "deportation with assurances" was called into question on Wednesday by decisions of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales