Afghanistan: NATO troops of EU countries risk complicity in torture

EU regulation does not prevent trade in tools of torture

27/02/2007 – At a time when the use of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment  remains widespread in many countries and has even been justified as part of the “war on terror”, governments of the European Union (EU) have made a commitment to prevent the trade in what may broadly be described as “tools of torture”. However, the EU commitment is not yet strong enough to adequately prevent this trade.

22/11/2006 – Torture in police custody and pre-trial detention is a fact across Russia. The country is failing both its international and national obligations to protect its citizens.

Addressing abuses in the US-led “war on terror” should be a priority at tomorrow’s EU-US Summit in Vienna, says Amnesty International.