Parliamentarians present US government officials with an Amnesty International declaration endorsed by over 1,200 of their counterparts worldwide.
A life-size model of a cell at Guantánamo will travel to US cities to bring a taste of the harsh realities of prolonged isolation in detention to the US public.
The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the state of Kentucky's lethal injection procedures are constitutional.
At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed
by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and
Viet Nam.
The US military launched air strikes in Basra on Friday for the first
time since the Iraqi authorities began their crackdown on the Mahdi
Army, followers of the Shi’a cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
Five years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still in disarray.
A man who spent nearly three years in secret CIA detention spoke exclusively to Amnesty International about his ordeal.
On the eve of International Women’s Day, governments and school officials around the world must take concrete action to end violence against girls, particularly inside schools.
Amnesty International has called for a full, independent investigation into any further UK involvement in renditions.
The USA's record under the International Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will come under scrutiny next
week.
