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Canada: Possible Prisoner of Conscience: Jeremy Hinzman (m)
11 September 2008

On 23 September, the Canadian authorities intend to deport US serviceman Jeremy Hinzman, his wife, son and one-month-old daughter. Jeremy Hinzman fled to Canada ...

Urgent Action       AMR 20/005/2008

Canada: Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal ...
8 September 2008

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic ...

Report       AMR 20/004/2008

Canada: Further information on prisoner of conscience: James Corey ...
11 July 2008

James Corey Glass has been allowed to stay in Canada until the country's Federal Court hears his appeal against the order to deport him. Corey Glass arrived in ...

Urgent Action       AMR 20/003/2008

Canada: Prisoner of Conscience: James Corey Glass (m)
8 July 2008

The Canadian authorities intend to deport US serviceman James Corey Glass on 10 July 2008. He fled to Canada to avoid being sent back to Iraq because of his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 20/002/2008

The wire, July 2008. Vol. 38, No. 6
1 July 2008

1019 The Wire Amnesty International 2008 7 Vol.38 No.6 CIA CIA 2008 2 2002 2003 waterboarding ? State of denial: Europe s role in ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2008

the wire, July 2008. Vol. 38, No. 6
1 July 2008

1) State of denial: Europe's role in rendition and secret detention 2) Migrants attacked in South Africa 3) China's human rights record overshadows Olympic spectacle ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2008

USA: James Corey Glass has right not to serve in Iraq
6 June 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 51/057/2008 (Public). Date: 06 June 2008. USA: James Corey Glass has right not to serve in Iraq. ...

Document       AMR 51/057/2008

USA / Canada: Omar Khadr is 'salvageable', military commissions ...
5 June 2008

The US government has variously portrayed the nearly 800 foreign nationals held at Guantánamo Bay as, for example, the “worst of the worst” and “terrorists”. Even ...

Report       AMR 51/055/2008

USA: Omar Khadr's trial by military commission a step closer. ...
12 May 2008

In 2002, Omar Khadr was taken into US custody following a firefight with US forces in Afghanistan. Omar Khadr has remained in US military custody ever since, labelled ...

Report       AMR 51/038/2008

USA: In whose best interests? Omar Khadr, child 'enemy combatant' ...
16 April 2008

This is a summary of the report about Omar Khadr, a Canadian national, who has been in US military detention for approaching six years. Taken into custody in July ...

Report       AMR 51/029/2008