Aisha Maniar is a human rights activist who works with the London Guantánamo Campaign.
The London Guantánamo Campaign has been campaigning since 2006 for the release of all prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, the closure of Guantánamo and other similar prisons and an end to the practice of extraordinary rendition.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTime for accountability: Europe’s role in extraordinary renditionEuropean governments remain complicit in rendition, a process designed to put interrogations beyond the law. Britain...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOff the menu: Guantánamo Bay hunger strikeThe majority of the remaining 166 prisoners at Guantanamo have been on hunger strike since early February, mostly...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShow me the money: can human rights offer an alternative discourse of resistance to austerity?Human rights can provide a novel and effective tool for challenging punitive and economically failing austerity...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSecret courts in Britain: blink and they'll be a reality
The Justice and Security Bill is moving swiftly through parliament. Few appreciate the true extent of the threat to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe UN Convention Against Torture: 25 and rendered numb
Yesterday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UN Convention Against Torture, one of the most significant...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSecret justice: making the exception the rule
An anti-Guantanamo Bay activist gives an overview of the UK government's 'secret justice' plans. The piece...