Murat Kurnaz was detained in Afghanistan and Guantánamo without charge or trial for nearly five years.
In June 2008, Amnesty International will campaign worldwide to end the use of torture and other ill-treatment.
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.
In Nigeria, sixty five percent of prison inmates have never been
convicted of any crime, with some awaiting trial for up to ten years.
Police and prison guards in Bosnia and Herzegovina ill-treat prisoners with almost total impunity, according to a new Amnesty International report.
Former Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg reads a poem that he wrote while he was held at the US detention centre.
It is now six years since six men were illegally transferred from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Guantánamo, where they remain in indefinite detention.
Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.
Actions to mark the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo in London started on 10 January, when Amnesty International activists organized an all-night vigil around a replica
Guantánamo cage.
