This Week in Human Rights

A computer screen with the home page of Iraq War Logs, 23 October 2010

PHOTO CREDIT A computer screen with the home page of Iraq War Logs, 23 October 2010. THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images

25 October 2010

USA must investigate detainee abuse claims in Wikileaks files

“US authorities committed a serious breach of international law when they ... handed over thousands of detainees to Iraqi security forces who, they knew, were continuing to torture and abuse detainees on a truly shocking scale.”

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PHOTO CREDIT Sketch of Omar Khadr, 28 April 2010. JANET HAMLIN/AFP/Getty Images

20 October 2010

Alex Neve will be Amnesty International's observer at Khadr trial

Trial of Omar Khadr will restart before a military commission in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Monday 25 October.

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Policeman keeps an eye on protesters demonstrating for the rights of jailed Chinese dissident Liu

PHOTO CREDIT Policeman keeps an eye on protesters demonstrating for the rights of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobao in Hong Kong. MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images

18 October 2010

China: Human rights activists face persecution

Liu is just one of many Chinese human rights activists who currently languish in detention in the country. They are prisoners of conscience, jailed solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression.

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Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia, August 2001

PHOTO CREDIT Liu Xiaobo and wife Liu Xia, August 2001. Private

8 October 2010

Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize win puts spotlight on China rights violations

Amnesty calls China to release all prisoners of conscience detained in the country after imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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