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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

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.

Video: Obama's first 100 days - 20 January 2009

We are not expecting the impossible from President Obama's first 100 days in office. Watch this video and take action.

Obama's first 100 days - 15 January 2009

We are not expecting the impossible from President Obama's first 100 days in office. Watch this video and take action.

President-elect Barack Obama: set a date to close Guantánamo - 9 January 2009

Activists demand the closure of Guantánamo on the seventh anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to the US detention facility in Cuba.

Ghana's new President must commit to human rights - 8 January 2009

Professor John Evans Atta Mills must make human rights central to his political programme. In a new document, Amnesty International has highlighted seven key human rig

Cambodian Supreme Court releases scapegoats of trade unionist's murder - 5 January 2009

Two men wrongfully convicted of the murder of trade union leader Chea Vichea, have been released on bail after nearly five years in prison.

Mauritania's security forces guilty of routine torture - 3 December 2008

The country's security forces have adopted torture as the preferred method of investigation and repression, according to a new Amnesty International report.

Mauritania: Government guilty of routine torture - 3 December 2008

Amnesty International today accused the Mauritanian government of routine and systematic torture, saying that the security apparatus has adopted torture as the preferr

President-elect Obama recommits to closing Guantánamo and ending torture - 18 November 2008

'Early action' promised on closing the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay and ensuring that the USA does not resort to torture.