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3 Ways You Can Take Action to Close Guantanamo

According to Time Magazine, only 23 of the roughly 250 people currently imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay de...

United States

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Torture/ill treatment

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Saudi Activist on Hunger Strike: 'Fighting for freedom is worth the risks'

Dr. Mohammad Al-Qahtani joined several other activists this week in a 2-day hunger strike in Saudi Arabia to protest the unfair detention of 11 human rights activists....

Saudi Arabia

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression

Witnessed: 261 times

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Saudi Arabia: Facebooking a Hunger Strike for 11 Detained Activists

In this video interview, Saudi journalist Ebtihal Mubarak discusses how Saudi activists are harnessing online tools to call for justice within Saudi Arabia....

Saudi Arabia

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression

Witnessed: 857 times

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Saudis Use Internet to Protest Unfair Detention of 11 Activists

"This is our silent invitation to the world," says one Saudi activist, "but can the world hear us?"....

Saudi Arabia

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression

Blog entry

Cambodia: Innocent Prisoners 1700 Days in Prison

September 23, 2008 marked the 1,700th day that Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun have spent in prison for a crime they did not commit.

Cambodia

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Independence of the judiciary

Witnessed: 455 times

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Drug gangs 'exploiting Thailand's youth'

The use of synthetic drugs is worsening in south-east Asian countries, according to a UN report.

Asia, Thailand

Juvenile justice

Witnessed: 375 times

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Agatha Joseph: Exposing Detention

Agatha Joseph’s daughter was placed in seven detention centers over three years. She was the victim of double jeopardy....

United States

Immigration

Witnessed: 614 times

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Sami al-Hajj speaks of his Seven Years in Guantanamo

The Al Jazeera cameraman describes how he was treated during the seven years he was detained at the US detention center in Cuba.

Cuba, United States

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Impunity

Witnessed: 732 times

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