An Indigenous Canadian community’s longstanding campaign to stop
clear-cut logging on its land has prompted a multinational paper
company to stop buying wood fibre from the area.
Louise Arbour has confirmed that she is to resign from her position as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Thousands of people, including Amnesty International members and supporters from around the world, have taken action to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo.
Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.
Despite consistent reports of torture and other ill-treatment by Afghanistan's intelligence service, members of the NATO-led forces continue to hand detainees over to their custody
Thousands of children around the world have suffered pain and distress as a result of US counter-terror policies and practices.
'The Global Struggle Against Torture: Guantánamo Bay, Bagram and Beyond', 19-21 November 2005
