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Spain must investigate torture allegations - 3 November 2009

Spanish authorities need to reform the current system of investigating allegations of torture and other ill-treatment from security forces, Amnesty International has said.

Spain: Allegations of torture must be investigated - 3 November 2009

The Spanish authorities need to reform the current system of investigating allegations of torture and other ill-treatment by security forces

Spain must end incommunicado detention - 15 September 2009

Amnesty International's new report shows how Spain has one of the strictest detention regimes in Europe, which is in breach of the country's obligations under international human rights law.

Spain: Incommunicado detention – out of sight, out of mind - 15 September 2009

Spain must end the practice of incommunicado detention as it violates the rights of people deprived of their liberty

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Torture and other ill-treatment by law enforcement officials were widely reported. There was continued use of incommunicado detention.

End incommunicado detention in Spain - 26 June 2009
Spanish law allows terrorism suspects to be held incommunicado for upto 13 days. Incommunicado detainees have no effective access to alawyer or to a doctor of their ch

French detention centre highlights mistreatment of migrants - 18 December 2008
On International Migrants Day, new footage reveals the appalling state of a French detention centre for irregular migrants off the coast of Africa and shows how Europe

Spain: Halt extradition to Russia! - 12 December 2008
As the Spanish authorities prepare to extradite Murad Gasayev to the Russian Federation Amnesty International called for these proceedings to be halted immediately as

Spain: No global exception when investigating the crimes of the past - 13 November 2008
Amnesty International has called on the Spanish government to comply with its international obligations regarding past crimes and to protect victims’ rights by e

Five jailed in Chile ten years after Pinochet arrest - 16 October 2008
Chile's Supreme Court jailed five retired military officials on Wednesday for involvement in the "Caravan of Death" – one of the cases for which Augu

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