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Chad: Double Misfortune: Deepening human rights crisis in Chad
18 December 2008

This report focuses on violations of human rights and humanitarian law that took place in N’Djaména. Armed opposition groups were in the city during the two days ...

Report       AFR 20/007/2008

USA: Stun weapons in law enforcement
16 December 2008

More than 330 people are reported to have died since 2001 after being struck by police Tasers in the USA. Amnesty International is concerned that Tasers and similar ...

Document       AMR 51/129/2008

Tasers – potentially lethal and easy to abuse | Amnesty ...
16 December 2008

Amnesty International has said that industry claims that Taser stun guns are safe and non-lethal do not stand up to scrutiny.

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USA: List of deaths following use of stun weapons in US law ...
16 December 2008

This report lists all the cases known to Amnesty International where individuals are reported to have died in the USA after being struck by police Tasers between ...

Report       AMR 51/146/2008

USA: 'Less than lethal’? The use of stun weapons in US law ...
16 December 2008

This report shows how "conducted energy devices" (CEDs) are potentially lethal and open to abuse. While in most cases coroners have ruled that deaths were due to ...

Document       AMR 51/010/2008

Democratic Republic of Congo: Open Letter to the United Nations ...
15 December 2008

AI Index: AFR 62/016/2008. Open Letter to the United Nations Security Council on strengthening the arms embargo. on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ...

Document       AFR 62/016/2008

Crisis in DRC fuelled by access to weapons | Amnesty International
15 December 2008

Armed groups in the DRC have been able to get hold of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and other supplies; the subsequent fighting has forcednearly 300000 ...

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The race for ratification of landmark cluster bomb ban | Amnesty ...
9 December 2008

Four countries have ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions - whichbans the production, stockpiling, use and export of cluster bombs. The treaty cannot take ...

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Landmark cluster bomb treaty signed in Oslo | Amnesty ...
3 December 2008

Ninety two states have signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions - whichbans the production, stockpiling, use and export of cluster bombs.

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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