Guantanamo detainees finally get their day in court

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...

Rights groups question US 9/11 Guantanamo trial pledge

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...

Torture’s painful past and scandalous present

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...