Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.
Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.
Obama has been left with a chalice overflowing with poison, and he will need help if he is to pour it away.
At Reprieve we are taking a moment to consider our achievements, and learn lessons where things did not turn out as we hoped, as we celebrate our 10th birthday this year.
This week, the Law Lords outlawed the use of torture evidence. That should be good news, I suppose, but I find it disquieting.
The Prime Minister should feel most welcome to nationalise Reprieve, and pour a few millions into our work.
The justifiable joy at Obama's pledge to close Guantánamo must be tempered with the knowledge that its detainees represent less than one percent of prisoners still held by the US beyond the rule of law.
When Guantánamo Bay closes, a swell of well-intentioned – and justified – goodwill towards the new president will release the pressure to resolve some darker legacies. As economic stimulus packages monopolize the front pages, let us hope these prisoners are not wholly forgotten.
Interview with Clive Stafford Smith on Obama and the closure of Guantánamo Bay
Many still think torture by music is merely a rather irritating encounter with someone else's iPod, but its effects can be far more insidious than physical pain.
Binyam Mohammad and the special relationship.
Guantánamo has been a decoy -- sometimes ironic, more often tragic -- drawing attention from a far more shady world of U.S.-sponsored interrogation chambers.
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