Fourteen years after arriving at Guantánamo, Ravil Mingazov is now due to be released. But returning to Russia could bring harassment, torture and the threat of further imprisonment.
Ten years after militants attacked the town of Nalchik in the North Caucasus, the cycle of violence continues.
Nine years after a series of coordinated attacks on government and military installations in and around Nalchik, Russia, 58 men have been convicted in a show trial worthy of the Stalin era.
On the anniversary of the UN Convention Against Torture, it's important to remember Britain's uncomfortable relationship with this particular international crime.
While Russia steps up calls for the US to close the Guantánamo Bay prison camp, its own abuse and mistreatment of Russian nationals who returned to the country from Guantánamo a decade ago is less well publicised.
The UK Government is currently refusing to offer automatic asylum to those who risked their lives interpreting for the British army in Afghanistan. As pressure mounts, will they change their minds?
The majority of the remaining 166 prisoners at Guantanamo have been on hunger strike since early February, mostly held without charge or trial, yet there has been a continued media silence on the issue. This flagrant abuse of justice must be challenged.
Human rights can provide a novel and effective tool for challenging punitive and economically failing austerity measures. We need to reframe the debate. Here's why.
The Justice and Security Bill is moving swiftly through parliament. Few appreciate the true extent of the threat to civil liberties and an open judicial system. The clock is ticking for the right to a fair trial in Britain.
Yesterday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UN Convention Against Torture, one of the most significant international efforts to halt obscene coercive practices. But while progress has been made, stories of unsanctioned techniques carried out in secret provide testimony of what is still to be
An anti-Guantanamo Bay activist gives an overview of the UK government's 'secret justice' plans. The piece accompanies Tim Otty QC's detailed analysis of the Justice and Security Green Paper and its potential to erode the very principle of the fair and open trial.
