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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Spain: Amnesty International concerned by reports of excessive use ...
7 July 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: EUR 41/008/2011 7 July 2011 Spain: Amnesty International concerned by reports of excessive use of force by ...

Public Statement       EUR 41/008/2011

Spain: Family at risk of forced eviction in Spain
17 June 2011

Abdelilah Ghailán and Fátima Zohra Alami Wahabi and their two children are at risk of being forcibly evicted from their homes in Madrid, Spain, from 24 June 2011 ...

Urgent Action       EUR 41/007/2011

Spain: Further information: Syrian man facing deportation released ...
20 April 2011

Mohamed Zaher Asade, a Syrian man facing deportation from Spain to Syria, was released on 15 April.

Urgent Action       EUR 41/006/2011

Spain: Further information: Syrian risks torture if deported from ...
5 April 2011

A Syrian man, Mohamed Zaher Asade, who has lived in Spain for the last 20 years, is at imminent risk of deportation to Syria, where he would be at risk of torture ...

Urgent Action       EUR 41/005/2011

Spain: Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial ...
7 February 2011

In this briefing Amnesty International raises concerns in relation to Spain's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial ...

Report       EUR 41/003/2011

Spain: Civil Guards convicted of torture
10 January 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 41/002/2011. 10 January 2011. Spain: Civil Guards convicted of torture. Amnesty ...

Public Statement       EUR 41/002/2011

Moroccan man forcibly returned by Spain could face torture ...
17 December 2010

Ali Aarrass, who is accused of terrorism-related offences, is believed to be at serious risk of human rights violations amid persistent reports of abuses by Moroccan ...

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Spain: Further information: Man returned to Morocco from Spain ...
16 December 2010

Ali Aarrass, a dual Belgian-Moroccan national, was extradited from Spain to Morocco on 15 December. Neither Ali Aarrass's lawyers nor his relatives were informed ...

Urgent Action       EUR 41/005/2010

Former minister accused over killings in Guatemala must be brought ...
26 November 2010

Carlos Vielman was released by the Spanish authorities this week, after Guatemala failed to meet a deadline for filing the proper documentation for his extradition ...

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Spain: Further information: Risk of torture if man returned to ...
23 November 2010

Ali Aarrass, a dual Belgian/Moroccan national, could be forcibly returned from Spain to Morocco at any time, after the Spanish Council of Ministers approved his ...

Urgent Action       EUR 41/004/2010