Amnesty International

Day 100 of Guantanamo Bay hunger strike marked by protest in Chicago

As part of "Global Days of Action" to support Guantánamo hunger strikers, on Friday 17 May in Chicago, demonstrators marked the 100th day of another hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, where inmates have been protesting their indefinite detention by the U.S. government on terrorism charges.

Protesters, dressed in orange overalls, went outside the Federal Plaza and...

Plymouth man seriously injured in A30 accident

A 23-year-old Plymouth man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle road traffic collision on the A30 at Tedburn St Mary.

Devon and Cornwall Police say the collision took place at around 5.30pm on Sunday 17th March 2013 and involved a Peugeot 106 car which was travelling east.

The driver lost control of the vehicle which left the road and came...