by Sean Reilly | Jun 24, 2008
Join Amnesty’s Stop Torture campaign by clicking here Amnesty International has today accused European governments of complicity and inaction over US-led rendition and secret detention, as it published a new report on European renditions and a ‘Six-point...
by Sean Reilly | May 27, 2008
Join Amnesty International’s campaign against torture. Click here for more details Detainees at the US Military Prison in Guantánamo will finally get their day in court today (Tuesday) after a direct action by campaigners. 35 Americans from cities and towns...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
Human rights groups and critics of extra-legal detention and the ‘war on terror’ have expressed deep concern about the proposed trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees on charges related to the 9/11 attacks in the USA. Among the issues of contention raised are...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 29, 2007
Torture, including torture by Americans: Who could have predicted that this would be a live topic here in the twenty-first century? We know how to associate torture with the accused and accusing other, with Inquisitors and witch hunters five centuries ago, or with...