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Observing Guantánamo's military commission hearings - 5 August 2008

Matt Pollard, Amnesty International’s latest trial observer atthe recent military commission hearings at Guantánamo Bay, gives a sense of what it was like there.

Japan must respect rights of detained Greenpeace activists - 15 July 2008

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the prime minister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, who have been charged with theft and trespass.

Video: Murat Kurnaz, former detainee at Guantánamo and Afghanistan - 16 June 2008

Murat Kurnaz was detained in Afghanistan and Guantánamo without charge or trial for nearly five years.

No hiding place for torture - 5 June 2008

In June 2008, Amnesty International will campaign worldwide to end the use of torture and other ill-treatment.

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.

Getting a glimpse of Guantánamo - 8 May 2008

A life-size model of a cell at Guantánamo will travel to US cities to bring a taste of the harsh realities of prolonged isolation in detention to the US public.

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.

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.