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Human Rights in The Kingdom of Spain

Spain: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Eighth ...
9 November 2009

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic ...

Report       EUR 41/013/2009

Spain: Adding insult to injury: Police impunity two years on
3 November 2009

Incidents of torture and other ill-treatment by law enforcement officials across Spain continue to be reported. A few preventative measures have been introduced ...

Document       EUR 41/010/2009

España: Sal en la herida- dos años despues.
3 November 2009

España: Sal en la herida- dos años despues.

Document       EUR 41/010/2009

Spain: Allegations of torture must be investigated | Amnesty ...
3 November 2009

The Spanish authorities need to reform the current system ofinvestigating allegations of torture and other ill-treatment bysecurity forces.

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Spain must investigate torture allegations | Amnesty International
3 November 2009

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

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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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Spain: Out of the shadows - Time to end incommunicado detention
15 September 2009

Amnesty International considers that the incommunicado regime in Spanish law is a violation of Spain’s obligations under international human rights law. No other ...

Report       EUR 41/001/2009

Spain must end incommunicado detention | Amnesty International
15 September 2009

Amnesty International's new report shows how Spain has one of the strictestdetention regimes in Europe, which is in breach of the country'sobligations under international ...

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Spain: End Incommunicado detention in Spain (postcard)
15 September 2009

Spain: End Incommunicado detention in Spain (postcard)

Document       EUR 41/006/2009

Spain: Out of the shadows: End incommunicado detention in Spain
15 September 2009

Spanish law allows people to be held incommunicado, which means they have no effective access to a lawyer or to a doctor of their choice, and their family is not ...

Document       EUR 41/005/2009