Counter Terror with Justice

The so-called “war on terror” has led to an erosion of a whole host of human rights. States are resorting to practices which have long been prohibited by international law, and have sought to justify them in the name of national security.

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N8068V plane used in rendition flights.

Stop abductions

Hundreds of people are feared to have been unlawfully detained and transferred, usually in secret, to countries where they face further human rights violations, including torture or other ill-treatment and enforced disappearance.

Close Guantánamo

Hundreds of people remain detained in Guantánamo, without charge and with little hope of a fair trial.

A detainee in Camp 4 at Guantánamo, October 2007

Military Commissions: A travesty of Justice

The rules and procedures governing military commission trials at Guantánamo are at odds with international law. The system is deeply flawed and should be abandoned.

Still from the video ‘Waiting for the Guards’ simulating torture in secret detention

No justification for torture

Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, like slavery and genocide, are always wrong.

Latest News and Updates

Proposed new Indian anti-terror laws would violate human rights

23 December 2008

New legislation introduced in India after the November attacks in Mumbai city would violate international human rights treaties, according to Amnesty International.

Pentagon preparing plan to close Guantánamo

22 December 2008

The Pentagon is working on a plan to close the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, according to a US Department of Defense official.

Three Bosnians return home, but three remain in Guantánamo

17 December 2008

Three detainees were released on Tuesday from the Guantánamo detention camp to their homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but three others remain.

US Senate committee: Senior officials responsible for detainee abuse

16 December 2008

The authorization of “aggressive” interrogation techniques by senior US government officials has been a “direct cause of detainee abuse” in the “war on terror”, according to a US Senate inquiry.

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