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May 6, 2013

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It's been 10 years since detainees first arrived at Guantanamo. Since then, we’ve seen shocking human rights abuses there and around the world.

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January 8, 2013

A Syrian man, Youssef al-Ammar, his nephews Suhaib al-Ammar and Iqbal al-Ammar and another relative, Bilal Koushan, were arrested on 24 November at their flat in Damascus. They are believed to be...

November 19, 2012

Syrian health professional Mohamed Raed al-Tawil has been held in incommunicado detention since his arrest in Damascus on 8 November. He is believed to have been tortured while in detention.

November 9, 2012

On 17 September, shopkeeper Muhammad Yassin Al Hamwi was released after being acquitted. His acquaintance Abd al-Akram al-Sakka is still detained in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance....

October 23, 2012

Mortar shell survivor Osama al-Habaly has been held incommunicado since his arrest, reportedly by Syrian Military Intelligence. Sources claim he has been tortured, despite life-threatening injuries...