PPT-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ON TORTURE

In 1977 Amnesty International won the Nobel Peace Prize for our work to secure freedom and justice including to stop the use of torture We are still working to create a world free from torture where people can peacefully speak out against injustice without fear of imprisonment or death. amnestyorg 57513 Amnesty International Publications YYYY Index Index Number Original Language English Printed by Amnesty International International Secretariat United Kingdom ISBN ISSN All rights reserved This publication is copyright but may be rep Amnesty International believes that the weak state of the judiciary means that it will not be possible for him to receive a fair trial in the country and has several concerns about the violation of his due process rights Further the organization exp G. lobal . movement of people fighting injustice and promoting human . rights. Over 3 million members worldwide. Tens of thousands of supporters across Canada. Work to end human rights abuses at home and around the world. International. University of Alberta Chapter. What is . Amnesty . I. nternational. ? . Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in over 150 countries and territories . Katie Wood. Governance Coordinator,. Amnesty International. Australia. About Amnesty International. Global movement with 2.8 million supporters in more than 150 countries. We campaign to end grave abuses of human rights wherever they occur. sheather. British Medical association. Torture, medicine and the state. BMA involvement in human rights. ARM 1984 – working party investigating doctors’ involvement in torture. 1986 – . The Torture Report. G. lobal . movement of people fighting injustice and promoting human . rights. Over 3 million members worldwide. Tens of thousands of supporters across Canada. Work to end human rights abuses at home and around the world. Introduction. History of torture in Turkey – . Sansaryan. Han and the . Harbiye. Military Prison.. Political reasons – . demonsrations. . boycotts and protesting activities.. Even people . deal with literature such as N.H. Ran, . Amnesty International . What is amnesty International?. Founded in 1961, Amnesty international is a non-governmental/ human rights organization supported by more than 3 million followers; all working to end the grave abuses of human rights around the world. They specifically work to abolish the death penalty ‘in all cases and under all circumstances’. Amnesty International’s goal is to provide everyone with equal opportunity to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards worldwide. . History of torture in Turkey – . Sansaryan. Han and the . Harbiye. Military Prison.. Political reasons – . demonsrations. . boycotts and protesting activities.. Even people . deal with literature such as N.H. Ran, . 1 A COUNTRY SUBJECT TO TERROR AND HARASSMENT CONTENTS Introduction ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 2 1 PUBLIC STATEMENT AI index: AFR 55/001/2010 May 10 2010 Swaziland: Amnesty International urges the government to ensure an effective and impartial inquiry into the death in custody of Sipho Jele AI Index: EUR 70/107/99 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (KOSOVO): Smrekovnica prison - a regime of torture and ill - treatment leaves hundreds unaccounted for Of the five men in the tent, only thre -News Service Nr 133Embargoed for 01/08/2001 0900 GMTLiberia Killings torture and rape continue in Lofa CountyThe soldiers who arrested me took me some good yards away into the bush from the checkpo