The agreement signed between the US President and the Prime Minister of
Iraq on 14 December 2008 opens the way for the transfer of thousands of
detainees from US to Iraqi custody.
Two men convicted of the murder of a trade union activist after a seriously flawed criminal investigation and a grossly
unfair trial will have their case heard by the Cambodia's Supreme Court.
The journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush is
reported to have suffered various injuries after being beaten up by
security officials.
The authorization of “aggressive” interrogation techniques by senior US
government officials has been a “direct cause of detainee abuse” in the
“war on terror”, according to a US Senate inquiry.
Twenty-two people were sentenced on Monday by an emergency court in
Egypt for their involvement in the violent protests of Mahalla, north
of Cairo, in April 2008.
As the Spanish authorities prepare to extradite Murad Gasayev to the Russian Federation Amnesty International called for these proceedings to be halted immediately as he would be at great risk of torture if returned
Irene Khan writes about the continuing human rights issues around the world as Amnesty International celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Amnesty International today accused the Mauritanian government of routine and systematic torture, saying that the security apparatus has adopted torture as the preferred method of investigation and repression.
