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The long road to death penalty abolition in Mongolia"It has been a long and difficult road to finally convince the Mongolian authorities to abolish this cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. We faced many challenges along the way, but never lost hope." Our campaigner in Mongolia on the historic…
Blog post 04 Dec 2015 -
Face to face with her former torturer in MexicoOur researcher attended one of Mexico’s new ‘spoken’ trials as an observer. It was one of the first where a survivor of sexual torture gave testimony against the man who tortured her, a policeman.
Blog post 24 Nov 2015 -
West Bank: Israel's Hebron hospital killing may amount to extrajudicial executionPress release 12 Nov 2015
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When the dust settles: Burma electionBlog post 11 Nov 2015
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USA: Albert Woodfox remains 'trapped in a nightmare' as third trial loomsPress release 10 Nov 2015
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Russia: release of jailed Sochi Games protester welcomedPress release 10 Nov 2015
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Saudi Arabia has executed 151 people so far this year - highest for two decadesPress release 09 Nov 2015
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My wife, in prison for protesting"Today, most people in Burma are just interested in the general election. They have forgotten about political prisoners like my wife." Before he too was arrested, Lin Htet Naing wrote this blog about his wife Phyoe Phyoe Aung, imprisoned since March for…
Blog post 06 Nov 2015 -
Syria: government using thousands of disappeared people as 'cash cow' - new reportPress release 05 Nov 2015
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The London Arms Fair 2015: the ad campaign the government never wantedThe London Arms Fair came to the ExCel centre in September 2015. Alongside guns, tanks and killer drones, you might also have found offers for illegal torture equipment – we did in 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2013. This year we were barred, so we'll never know…
03 Nov 2015 -
Shaker Aamer: reports that he's being returned to UK welcomedPress release 30 Oct 2015
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After more than 13 years, Shaker Aamer has been released from Guantánamo BayAfter 13 and a half years in Guantánamo Bay without charge or trial, Shaker Aamer can finally return to his family.
Blog post 30 Oct 2015 -
Shaker Aamer: 13 years in Guantánamo Bay, never charged with any crime
Shaker Aamer has finally been released after being detained in Guantánamo Bay detention centre without charge or trial for the last 13 years. Shaker Aamer was one of the first detainees to be sent to the notorious Guantánamo Bay detention centre in 2002.
30 Oct 2015 -
What was the UK's role in CIA torture?The damning US report on CIA torture reveals how they used waterboarding, ‘rectal feeding’, mock executions, sleep deprivation, stress positions and other cruel and degrading treatment against detainees. But we still don’t know how deeply the UK was…
30 Oct 2015 -
Ending Europe’s trade in torture equipmentDue to legal loopholes, companies are able to advertise and trade torture devices like spiked batons, thumb screws and lethal injection drugs to known human rights abusers outside the EU. This law needs to be tightened – we must not be complicit in…
27 Oct 2015 -
Saudi Arabia: leading human rights activist Abdulkareem al-Khoder jailed for ten yearsPress release 19 Oct 2015
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The UK is trading away its credibility in its relations with Saudi Arabia and ChinaShady deals and blanket silence speak volumes about the UK's attitude towards the importance of human rights when it comes to talking business with the likes of Saudi Arabia and China.
Blog post 05 Oct 2015 -
Saudi Arabia: King Salman should refuse to ratify Ali Mohammed al-Nimr's death sentencePress release 30 Sep 2015
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A mother disappeared - Aster Fissehatsion's son reflectsBlog post 30 Sep 2015
