Santiago Omar Riveros, who ran a detention centre, was found guilty of torturing and beating to
death a 15 year old boy. He is also accused of over 40 crimes against humanity involving victims of the era's so-called "disappeared".
More than 4,000 prisoners facing execution in Kenya had their sentences
commuted to life imprisonment on Monday in the largest commutation in
history, news sources reported.
The announcement on 13 June that incumbent President Ahmadinejad had
won the presidential election of the day before by a wide margin
sparked the biggest demonstrati
Thousands of activists worldwide participated in a Global Day of Action on Saturday in solidarity with those whose human rights are being abused in Iran.
Usra al-Hussein’s imprisonment for almost a year, may have been related to her efforts to
communicate with an international organization regarding the detention
conditions of her husband.
Mounting evidence, including a statement by former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, suggests that UK authorities expolited the torture of terrorism suspects by forei
Former detainees held by the USA at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan have
told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) how they were subjected
to abuse while in cust
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
President Barack Obama would be "short-changing justice" if he revives the military commissions to try Guantánamo detainees, Amnesty International has said.
