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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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United Kingdom: Providing reparations through the Torture (Damages ...
13 May 2008

Amnesty International strongly supports the enactment by the United Kingdom (UK) of the Torture (Damages) Bill (the Bill). The Bill is scheduled to receive its ...

Report       EUR 45/006/2008

UK: Time to abandon the policy of 'deportation with assurances'
9 April 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 45/004/2008 (Public). Date: 9 April 2008. UK: time to abandon the policy of 'deportation with assurances' ...

Document       EUR 45/004/2008

Compilation of recommendations to the countries under review ...
1 April 2008

This document contains recommendations made during the interactive dialogue in the UPR Working Group with Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, India ...

Document       IOR 41/041/2008

Iraq: Carnage and despair: Iraq five years on. The role of private ...
1 March 2008

CARNAGE AND DESPAIR IRAQ FIVE YEARS ON. THE ROLE OF PRIVATE MILITARY SECURITY CONTRACTORS. In the context of the “war on terror”, the ...

Document       MDE 14/008/2008

Amnesty International | UK/US: Revelations about detention flights ...
22 February 2008

Further inquiries into allegations of rendition flights announced by the UK government should not be a substitute for a full, independent investigation into any ...

Press Release      

United Kingdom: detention of asylum-seekers must be the exception ...
30 January 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: EUR 45/002/2008 (Public). News Service No: 30 January 2008. United Kingdom: detention ...

Document       EUR 45/002/2008

Audio: Poems from Guantánamo, the detainees speak | Amnesty ...
12 December 2007

In the latest edition of the Amnesty International Podcast, a selection of poems by Gunatánamo Bay detainees are read out.

Audio Clip      

Poems from Guantánamo | Amnesty International
12 December 2007

A newly compiled book of poetry captures the thoughts and feelings of Guantánamo detainees in theirown words.

Story      

UK: The death of Jean Charles de Menezes: coroner?s inquest must ...
5 December 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: EUR 45/021/2007 (Public). News Service No: 234. 5 December 2007. UK: The death of ...

Press Release       EUR 45/021/2007

ÉRYTHRÉE. Craintes de torture / Détention au secret / Renvoi ...
29 November 2007

ÉRYTHRÉE. Craintes de torture / Détention au secret / Renvoi forcé. Miskir Semerab Goitom (f), 21 ans

Urgent Action       AFR 64/010/2007