Prison Conditions

Nigeria’s prison system fails its people - 26 February 2008

In Nigeria, sixty five percent of prison inmates have never been convicted of any crime, with some awaiting trial for up to ten years.

Video: Andrew Motion reads Poems from Guantánamo - 12 December 2007

Andrew Motion, poet laureate, discusses the work of Abdur Rahim Muslim Dost.

Police ill-treatment plagues Bosnia and Herzegovina - 6 February 2008

Police and prison guards in Bosnia and Herzegovina ill-treat prisoners with almost total impunity, according to a new Amnesty International report.

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.

Six years from home – Guantánamo detainees from Bosnia and Herzegovina - 18 January 2008

It is now six years since six men were illegally transferred from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Guantánamo, where they remain in indefinite detention.

The world shouts 'Close Guantánamo' - 16 January 2008

Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.

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

Key documents

We have listed information sheets, campaign digests, fact-sheets and other documents with key information about the campaign to Counter terror with Justice.

Six years of illegal US detentions - 11 January 2008

To mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International is leading worldwide events to seek the immediate clo