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Binyam Mohamed – More Information

Binyam Mohamed – More Information
Binyam Mohamed, an inmate at Guantanamo is in a perilous state. Please find out more and then take our action.

'Ask the PM' to oppose 42 Days

Unsubscriber Anita Davies recorded her question to the PM on YouTube: "When are you going to stop eroding civil liberties and start protecting them?"

Waterboarding Video Goes Viral Across Web

Waterboarding Video Goes Viral Across Web
To say that our new waterboarding video, 'The Stuff of Life' has gone viral would be an understatement.

'War on Terror' News Round Up

Find out the latest developments in the 'war on terror' and the fight for human rights

Rendition flights: Miliband apology

Rendition flights: Miliband apology
Rendition flights: Miliband apology welcomed but more information needed

MPs to lobby on 42 days

MPs to lobby on 42 days
We urge you to write to your MP to oppose extending pre-charge detention. Here is a list of MPs known to have made a stand on the issue before.

Amnesty urges opposition to 42 days pre charge detention as defining moment for UK human rights

Amnesty urges opposition to 42 days pre charge detention as defining moment for UK human rights
Today the government published its Counter-Terrorism Bill, which included plans to extend pre-charge detention from 28 to 42 days. Read Amnesty International's response.

Press coverage of Guantanamo protests

Thanks to everyone who took part in a protest on 11 January, read some of the press coverage here:

Guantanamo protests in video

Our demo on 11 January got picked up by media organisations round the world. Here are a few videos from us and from media organisations we have found on YouTube.

List of MPs and elected representatives signing our declaration

Full list of MPs, SMPs, Welsh and London AMs, Lords and MEPs who signed and returned Amnesty International declaration showing how Guantanamo can be safely shut down.

The New Statesman’s ‘Person of the year award’

Kate Allen, director of Amnesty UK, nominates Anas el-Banna for The New Statesman’s ‘Person of the year award’

Ten GOOD reasons why extending pre-charge detention is a BAD idea

Ten GOOD reasons why extending pre-charge detention is a BAD idea
While the case for extending pre-charge detention is full of holes and losing support week on week, the case against – both in principle and in practice – is very strong...

amnesty international responds to the law lords ruling on control orders

Law lords control orders ruling may lead to equally-unfair 'control order lite' warns amnesty

guantanamo military lawyer breaks ranks to condemn 'unconscionable' detention

A military lawyer for detainees held in the US base at Guantanamo Bay has spoken out in an article in The Independent

activists turn heads on the streets of birmingham and newcastle

Over 200 activists came along to Amnesty's UK conferences focusing on the Terrorism, Security and Human Rights campaign.

Rendition - Amnesty call to use the film

Rendition - Amnesty call to use the film
Amnesty International urges everyone who sees 'Rendition' to join our campaign to end abuses in the 'war on terror'

unsubscribe film released

unsubscribe film released
A powerful film, named 'Waiting for the Guards' was released on Tuesday 9th October.

USA/Guantanamo - Military commissions incompatible with justice

The USA should abandon military commissions because justice will neither be done nor be seen to be done in trials by these tribunals, which lack independence and can admit coerced evidence, among other flaws.

USA - Law and executive disorder

USA - Law and executive disorder
President Bush gives green light to secret detention program.

Protect The Human Week Parties

Protect The Human Week Parties
Support our work by holding a party for Amnesty. All you need is a venue and some dedicated friends - we'll take care of the rest.

Time for a new start

Time for a new start
The UK may not be the worst human rights offender in the ‘war on terror’. But neither is it squeaky clean.

Calling all students

Calling all students
There are over 100 student societies at universities and colleges throughout the UK who campaign and fundraise with AIUK. Why don't you join one and get involved in the campaign to stop human rights abuses in the name of the 'war on terror'.

No more excuses

No more excuses
In Jordan a teenage boy is dragged along the ground behind a Toyota pick-up truck. In Gambia a man is seized by masked men, hooded, bound, flown to an unknown destination and tortured. In Morocco a UK resident reports being detained and cut with a scalpel all over his body.

Open letter to Amnesty supporters

Open letter to Amnesty supporters
If you don’t believe in fighting terror with terror – you can now Unsubscribe

Anita Roddick

Anita Roddick
Amnesty supporter and campaigner extraordinaire, Anita Roddick will be sorely missed.

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unsubscribe launches
Amnesty International is supporting a grass roots movement of people who refuse to accept that the 'war on terror' is a sufficient excuse for governments to abandon their duty to protect human rights.