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Amnesty International  Report 2013


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Independent investigation into alleged UK involvement in torture ...
10 August 2009

Amnesty International has reiterated its call for an independent public inquiry into allegations of UK complicity in torture.

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UK: Independent investigation into alleged UK involvement in ...
10 August 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 10 August 2009. AI Index: EUR 45/009/2009. Independent investigation into alleged UK involvement in torture long overdue ...

Document       EUR 45/009/2009

UK government must launch investigation into its role in overseas ...
10 July 2009

Mounting evidence, including a statement by former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, suggests that UK authorities expolited the torture of terrorism suspects by ...

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United Kingdom: Travel hope for Palestinian refugee: Mahmoud Abu ...
6 July 2009

UK authorities have permitted Mahmoud Abu Rideh to apply for travel documentation with partial international recognition. He remains subject to the restrictive ...

Urgent Action       EUR 45/008/2009

United Kingdom: Current Concerns in the case of Mahmoud Abu Rideh
3 July 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 45/007/2009. July 1 st 2009. Current Concerns in the case of Mahmoud Abu Rideh. ...

Document       EUR 45/007/2009

United Kingdom: Health concern: Mahmoud Abu Rideh (m)
5 June 2009

Lawyers for Mahmoud Abu Rideh, a Palestinian refugee who is subject to a "control order" imposed by the United Kingdom authorities, believe that there is a real ...

Urgent Action       EUR 45/006/2009

United Kingdom: Briefing to the Committee on Economic, Social and ...
1 April 2009

Amnesty International submits this briefing to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in advance of its consideration of the UK's fifth periodic ...

Report       EUR 45/004/2009

United Kingdom: UK/Northern Ireland: Patrick Finucane: twenty ...
11 February 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 45/002/2009. 11 February 2009. UK/Northern Ireland: Patrick Finucane: twenty years on, still no inquiry. ...

Document       EUR 45/002/2009

United Kingdom: The case of Binyam Mohamed: 'championing the rule ...
10 February 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC DOCUMENT. 10 February 2009. AI Index: EUR 45/001/2009. The case of Binyam Mohamed: 'championing the rule of law'? ...

Document       EUR 45/001/2009

Migration-related detention: A global concern
1 December 2008

Migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees are regularly deprived of their liberty purely for administrative convenience. Many countries use detention to deter people ...

Report       POL 33/004/2008