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Amnesty calls on ministers at the UN to clamp down on the torture trade New briefing released: Combating Torture: The Need for Comprehensive Regulation of Law Enforcement Equipment Companies all over the world are still profiting from the sale of gruesome torture equipment such as spiked batons, stun belts and leg irons, Amnesty International said …
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The sentencing of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison today for peacefully expressing his opinions online illustrates the Bahraini authorities’ utter contempt for freedom of expression, said Amnesty International. The sentence relates to posts on his Twitter account in 2015 as well as retweets about alleged torture in Bahrain’s Jaw …
In response to news about the arrest of human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh by the Bahraini authorities on the night of 3 July 2017 Samah Hadid, Director for Campaigns at Amnesty International in the Middle-East said: “The Bahraini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Ebtisam al-Saegh whose only crime is speaking up against a government …