torture

April 11, 2018

UN report details scale and horror of detention in Libya

Armed groups in Libya hold thousands of people in arbitrary and unlawful detention, and submit them to torture and other human rights violations, according to a UN report.
April 9, 2018

Support for Bahraini human rights defender on seventh anniversary of his arrest

On Monday 9 April 2018, human rights organisations, friends, and supporters of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja will join his daughters to protest at the Bahraini Embassy in London.
March 27, 2018

Government drafting new definition of what constitutes torture

Campaigners say a badly drafted definition of torture may lead to more torture survivors being locked up in immigration detention.
March 23, 2018

Extensive human rights violations under Turkey's state of emergency, says UN

Routine extensions of the state of emergency in Turkey have led to profound human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people, says the UN.
March 16, 2018

Groups challenge Trump Administration’s arbitrary detention of asylum seekers

Several groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death.
March 15, 2018

Jesuit Refugee Service calls for an end to indefinite detention

The cruel detention of torture victims at Harmondsworth shows need for end to indefinite detention, says Jesuit Refugee Service.
March 15, 2018

Gina Haspel is not fit to lead the CIA, says Reprieve

President Trump has announced that he will nominate Gina Haspel as the new Director of the CIA.
March 1, 2018

Supreme Court to hear Libya torture secrecy challenge

The Supreme Court will hear a landmark challenge to attempts by the Government to conceal the role of a top MI6 officer in renditions to Libya.
February 22, 2018

New jail sentence for Bahrain activist is 'shameful', says Amnesty

Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been setenced to five years in prison for expressing his opinion on Twitter.
January 16, 2018

Call for Boris Johnson to act on repression in Bahrain

The human rights organisation Reprieve has urged Boris Johnson, to intervene to halt repression in Bahrain, including the planned execution of political protesters. The call comes one year on from the Gulf Kingdom’s resumption of executions.