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May 6, 2013

Close Guantanamo Now

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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November 1, 2011

Five activists were detained on Friday 14 October for engaging in a peaceful protest; they are being held at three police stations in the capital. One detainee, Brian Nyasulu, has been denied medic...

November 1, 2011

An ethnic Chechen man, Zubair Zubairaev, imprisoned in Siberia, needs an independent medical exam and complex treatment. His health has been gravely affected by torture and other ill-treatment.

October 18, 2011

KM Shamim Akhter, former vice-president of a left wing student organization, the Bangladesh Chhatra Union, was abducted by men in plain clothes suspected of being security officials on 29 September...

August 18, 2011

The rural community of Paraná, in Panzos, north-eastern Guatemala, was attacked by security guards on 10 August. A local company claims it owns the land.