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Jamaat-e-Islami holds sit-in in front of Karachi Police Headquarters

Jamaat-e-Islami holds a sit-in demonstration in favor of missing and arrested civilians, and demands the government find missing civilians and...

by Syed Yasir Kazmi in Pakistan on 13/01/2012

Society

Made in prison: Italian female prisoners create bags with recycled mat

A bag factory in prison operates to give a second chance to detainees and new life to scrap fabrics. A female entrepreneur has staked everything on...

by enzo dal verme in Italy on 23/08/2011

As US President Barack Obama visited Buckingham Palace, protesters called for the release of Shaker Aamer, a Muslim from Battersea in London, who has been detained without charge for nine years in Guantanamo. London, UK. 24th May 2011

Politics

Protesters call for Obama to free British Guantanamo Detainee

As US President Barack Obama visited Buckingham Palace, protesters called for the release of Shaker Aamer, a Muslim from Battersea in London, who has...

by Pete Riches in United Kingdom on 24/05/2011

BREAKING NEWS

13/01/2012 - Jamaat-e-Islami holds sit-in in front of Karachi Police Headquarters - Pakistan - Jamaat-e-Islami holds a sit-in...
23/08/2011 - Made in prison: Italian female prisoners create bags with recycled mat - Italy - A bag factory in prison operates to...
24/05/2011 - Protesters call for Obama to free British Guantanamo Detainee - United Kingdom - As US President Barack Obama visited...
05/02/2011 - The Last Londoner in Guantánamo - United Kingdom - A Downing St vigil marked 9 years of...
11/01/2011 - London Vigil on 9th anniversary of Guantanamo Bay - United Kingdom - The London Guantanamo Campaign held a...
24/04/2010 - Release Shaker Aamer demonstration - United Kingdom - A small group demonstrated on Richmond...
23/02/2007 - Former Guantanamo Inmate Wins Defamation Case. - Australia - Former Guantanamo Inmate Mamdouh Habib...

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Palestinians hold a sit-in protest at the Red Cross - Ramallah
Families of Palestinian prisoners, held in Israeli jails, hold their relatives pictures during a protest in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross offices in the West Ban...
Demonstration against the Franco-era case - Madrid
Protesters demonstrated outside the Supreme Court during Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón's prosecution in a second case, for trying to investigate Franco-era crimes, despite Spain�...
Baltasar Garzón on second trial for Franco-era case - Madrid
Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón attended court where he is being prosecuted in a second case for trying to investigate Franco-era crimes, despite Spain's 1977 amnesty law. The plaint...
Jamaat-e-Islami holds sit-in in front of Karachi Police Headquarters
Jamaat-e-Islami holds a sit-in demonstration in favor of missing and arrested civilians, and demands the government find missing civilians and arrested workers. 13th January 2012. Pakis...
Pepito or Z-44 of Los Zetas is arrested in a mixed military operation
Considered the number 3 of the criminal group "Los Zetas", Luis Jesús Sarabia Ramón aka, Pepito or Z.-44, is arrested on a mixed operation with the Navy, Mexican Army and Nue...
Guantanamo bay activists protest in Trafalgar square
Dozens of Guantanamo bay activists acted out as detainees that are in the USA's military prison on its 10th anniversary, they wore replica orange suits and black hoods, some wore i...
Protest against Guantanamo Bay Jail on 10th year anniversary
Pasban Pakistan arrange a demonstration at the Karachi press club against alleged Guantanamo jail torture. Pasban workers wore prisoners uniform and held placards calling for the closur...
UK police to investigate Shaker Aamer's detention - London
File Images: Shaker Aamer has been in Guantanamo Bay for 10 years and now Britain's top law enforcement agencies, announced they are to consider the circumstances surrounding Mr Aa...
DC protest marks 10th anniversary of Guantánamo Bay detention facility
Protestors participate in a 'National Day of Action' against Guantánamo on the 10th anniversary of the arrival of the first 20 detainees at the Guantánamo Bay detention facili...
 Guantánamo prison 10th Anniversary Protest
A public rally marking the 10th anniversary of the opening of the US military prison camp at Guantánamo Bay was held in the centre of the capital. London, UK. 7th January 2012
Protest Marking the 10th Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay - London
London Guantanamo Campaign, the Stop the War Coalition and Save Shaker Aamer Campaign gather at Trafalgar Square calling for Obama to close the infamous prison camp and release all deta...
Speakers at 10th anniversary of London Guantanamo Campaign Rally
MEP's joined London Guantanamo Campaigners at a rally in Trafalgar Square calling for the closure of Guantanamo Bay and efforts for the return of Shaker Aamer and former UK residen...
Chained and hooded in Trafalgar Square to mark 10 years of Guantanamo
Chained, hooded and clad in orange jumpsuits, demonstrators gathered in Trafalgar Square to protest against 10 years of the controversial prison at Guantanamo Bay. London, UK. 7th Janua...
10th Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay protest in London.
A protest was organized calling for the closure of Guantanamo Bay on the 10th anniversary of its opening. London, UK. 7th January 2012
Rally marking the 10th anniversary of  Guantánamo Bay
A rally in Trafalgar Square called for the closure of Guantanamo Bay and for the UK Government to step up efforts for the return of Shaker Aamer and former UK resident Ahmed Belbacha. L...
Rally marking the 10th anniversary of  Guantánamo Bay
On its tenth anniversary, around one hundred people took part in a rally at Trafalgar Square to call for the closure of the US military prison camp at Guantánamo Bay. London, UK. 7th Ja...
Shut Guantanamo End 10 Years of Shame rally - London
"Shut Guantanamo - End 10 Years of Shame" rally in Trafalgar Square. Speakers included Baroness Sarah Ludford (MEP), Louise Christian (lawyer), Lindsey German (Stop the War Co...
Sheriff Joe Arpaio brunt of Phoenix Protest
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was the focus of a dozen protestors who demanded his immediate resignation. The group cited a federal report alleging constitutional violations of fed...
Released blind Palestinian prisoner gets married - Jerusalem
Liberated blind prisoner Alpazian Aladdin is married as a large celebration is held in the streets. Aladdin was freed in the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap. Israel. 30th December 2011
New Year's campaign "Meeting of the New Year in the cooler"
The human rights organization held a mass protest against the practice of torture against detainees. Kiev, Ukraine. 29th December 2011