The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi; a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean, Alois Mbawara; and Murat Kurnaz, released from Guantánamo on 24 August 2006, were guests when Amnesty International presented Report 2008 to the media.
After six years in captivity at the hands of the FARC guerrilla group, the former Colombian presidential candidate was freed following a military operation.
Amnesty International is disappointed at the deportation
from the UK of the Sri Lankan national known
as Karuna, who is alleged to have committed war crimes and crimes
against humanity in Sri Lanka.
A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul. Such a closure violates the right to freedom of association.
Don’t let arguments for torture go unchallenged. Watch this video where former US President Carter, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and others raise their voices against torture and other ill-treatment
In May 2008, Manfred Nowak spoke to Amnesty International about the role of European states in the US-led programmes of rendition and secret detention.
