Reprieve delivers justice and saves lives, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.
Reprieve delivers justice and saves lives, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.
The release of "top secret" torture memos by the US is welcome. But they raise far more questions than they answer and the picture remains incomplete.
Certainly, they demonstrate the extraordinary lengths Bush government lawyers went to in their efforts to legitimise barbarism. However, they only address a tiny strand of the global US detention programme – those prisoners held in the small, CIA-run prisons. They fail to mention the treatment of detainees held in prisons run by the US military, such as Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, or those sent for "proxy detention" and torture ...
How the European Union is getting in the way of Guantánamo's closure.
It is heartening that even the most world-weary European governments are not immune to the magic of President Obama. It is difficult to imagine a US leader greeted with greater warmth by the European Community - and this has generally translated into concrete support for the Administration's goals.
Yet, in a strange paradox, the unique freedoms enjoyed by EC citizens are proving an obstacle to one of Obama's thorniest missions: to close the notorious prison at Guantánamo Bay.
Everyone agrees that President Obama cannot ...
Sultana Noon meets the grandmother of Rehan Zaman, who speaks about Naheem and Rehan's imprisonment.
After nearly five years in prison without trial and having suffered brutal torture at the hands of the police, Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman are currently facing execution in Pakistan.
Sultana Noon meets the nephew of Rehan Zaman, who speaks about his uncle's imprisonment.
After nearly five years in prison without trial and having suffered brutal torture at the hands of the police, Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman are currently facing execution in Pakistan.
Sultana Noon, Reprieve's Fellow in Pakistan, reports from Mirpur Prison, where she is visiting Naheem Hussein and Rehan Zaman.
After nearly five years in prison without trial and having suffered brutal torture at the hands of the police, Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman are currently facing execution in Pakistan.
Marc Callcutt thanks members of the public for supporting Reprieve's campaign for Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman.
After nearly five years in prison without trial and having suffered brutal torture at the hands of the police, Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman are currently facing execution in Pakistan.
Marc Callcutt meets Vakaas Hussain, who thanks supporters for all that they have done to help his brother.
After nearly five years in prison without trial and having suffered brutal torture at the hands of the police, Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman are currently facing execution in Pakistan.
Marc Callcutt asks members of the public to show their support for Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman.
After nearly five years in prison without trial and having suffered brutal torture at the hands of the police, Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman are currently facing execution in Pakistan.
When Defence Secretary John Hutton admitted that, contrary to previous government assurances, two terror suspects captured by British troops in Iraq were handed over to the United States to be rendered to Afghanistan, no-one at Reprieve expressed surprise.
In the course of trying to reach prisoners held beyond the rule of law worldwide, our investigators have uncovered a multitude of uncomfortable facts about our own government's role in the War on Terror. The challenge for us has been trying to get the Department of Defence to 'fess up', and help us access the thousands of 'disappeared' prisoners who are ...
Marc Callcutt launches Reprieve's campaign for Naheem and Rehan Zaman with a press conference to reveal their plight.
After nearly five years in prison without trial and having suffered brutal torture at the hands of the police, Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman are currently facing execution in Pakistan.
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