Tortura - Inglese


Link verificato il 25 Maggio 2008 Nigerian police torture 'routine'

[BBC World] - 9. Marzo 2007 - 18:35

Nigerian police routinely torture and ill treat suspects, the UN special rapporteur on torture has said.

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Questa notizia anche in: Nigeria

Link verificato il 25 Maggio 2008 U.N. investigator finds torture routine in Nigeria

[CNN World] - 9. Marzo 2007 - 19:01

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Questa notizia anche in: Nigeria

Link verificato il 25 Maggio 2008 Egypt in the dock over tactics of police torturers

[Guardian unlimited World] - 11. Marzo 2007 - 1:00

Dissidents tell of cattle prods, whips and beatings as Cairo rejects criticism of abuses in Mubarak onslaught.

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Questa notizia anche in: Medio Oriente

Link verificato il 26 Maggio 2008 Tsvangirai injured, "in bad shape" in custody: lawyer

[Reuters international] - 12. Marzo 2007 - 13:32

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was "in bad shape" on Monday after suffering head injuries while in police custody, his lawyer said, and rights groups alleged he and other politicians were tortured.

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Questa notizia anche in: Zimbabwe

Link verificato il 26 Maggio 2008 Lawyers: Arrested Mugabe critics tortured

[CNN World] - 12. Marzo 2007 - 13:48

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Questa notizia anche in: Zimbabwe

Link verificato il 26 Maggio 2008 Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai badly hurt in custody-lawyer

[Reuters international] - 12. Marzo 2007 - 16:12

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was "in bad shape" on Monday after suffering head injuries while in police custody, his lawyer said, and rights groups alleged he and other politicians were tortured.

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Questa notizia anche in: Zimbabwe

Link verificato il 24 Maggio 2008 Evangelical Christians attack use of torture by US

[Guardian unlimited World] - 13. Marzo 2007 - 1:00

Statement critical of US policy towards detainees and repudiating torture as a tactic in the war on terror.

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Link verificato il 26 Maggio 2008 Zimbabwe defies Tsvangirai access order: lawyers

[Reuters international] - 13. Marzo 2007 - 8:03

HARARE (Reuters) - Lawyers said on Tuesday Zimbabwe police had defied a high court order granting them access to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and others who were arrested and allegedly tortured while in police custody.

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Questa notizia anche in: Zimbabwe

Link verificato il 26 Maggio 2008 Zimbabwe Rival Leader Allegedly Tortured

[CBS news world] - 13. Marzo 2007 - 21:30

Zimbabwean opposition activists bruised, battered and bloodied " reportedly by police " were temporarily released, their lawyer said. Main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai remained at the hospital during the second court appearance.

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Questa notizia anche in: Zimbabwe

Link verificato il 27 Maggio 2008 Libya denies U.S. accusation of torture, abuse

[Reuters international] - 14. Marzo 2007 - 17:33

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's government denied on Wednesday a U.S. accusation that it practiced torture, saying its judiciary was independent and human rights were protected.

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Questa notizia anche in: Nordafrica, Diritti umani

Link verificato il 27 Maggio 2008 Italy renews attempts to block CIA kidnap trial

[Reuters international] - 15. Marzo 2007 - 22:48

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government on Thursday made its second attempt to block a court case against U.S. CIA agents accused of kidnapping a Muslim cleric and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.

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Questa notizia anche in: Italia nel mondo, Medio Oriente

Link verificato il 27 Maggio 2008 Mexico rights chief blames govt for Oaxaca abuses

[Reuters international] - 16. Marzo 2007 - 2:50

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government was an accomplice in the killing of 20 people in last year's conflict in the tourist city of Oaxaca and permitted torture and illegal arrests, a rights watchdog said on Thursday.

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Questa notizia anche in: Messico

Link verificato il 27 Maggio 2008 Mexico rights chief blames govt for Oaxaca abuses

[Reuters international] - 16. Marzo 2007 - 2:50

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government was an accomplice in the killing of 20 people in last year's conflict in the tourist city of Oaxaca and permitted torture and illegal arrests, a rights watchdog said on Thursday.

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Questa notizia anche in: Messico

Link verificato il 28 Maggio 2008 Detainees Tortured, Chechnya's Kremlin-Backed President Says

[FOX news world] - 16. Marzo 2007 - 16:14

Chechnya's Kremlin-backed president accused the federal authorities of torturing detainees, echoing claims that have long been made by international rights groups.

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Questa notizia anche in: Cecenia

Link verificato il 24 Maggio 2008 Torture and executions: inside Burma's jungle gulags

[Guardian unlimited World] - 25. Marzo 2007 - 1:00

Grim labour camps are propping up the regime. Dan McDougall hear the testimony of those who broke free.

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Questa notizia anche in: Myanmar

Link verificato il 24 Maggio 2008 Rumsfeld torture suit dismissed

[BBC World] - 27. Marzo 2007 - 23:49

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld cannot be sued over prisoner abuse, a US court rules.

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Link verificato il 24 Maggio 2008 Torturers 'must pay victims' - UN

[BBC World] - 28. Marzo 2007 - 0:40

States that commit torture should be forced to pay for their victims' rehabilitation, a top UN official says.

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Link verificato il 02 Giu 2008 Rumsfeld torture suit dropped

[CNN World] - 28. Marzo 2007 - 0:41

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and three high-ranking U.S. military officials accused of ignoring allegations that U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan tortured prisoners.

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Questa notizia anche in: Afghanistan, Iraq

Link verificato il 03 Giu 2008 Dafur refugee sent back by UK tells of torture

[Guardian unlimited World] - 28. Marzo 2007 - 2:00

A special investigation reveals how the Home Office deported a Darfur refugee back to the Sudan, where he was tortured. He escaped to tell his story, reports Inigo Gilmore.

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Questa notizia anche in: Darfur, Gran Bretagna

Link verificato il 24 Maggio 2008 Court Throws Out Rumsfeld Torture Case

[CBS news world] - 28. Marzo 2007 - 4:30

A federal judge says despite horrifying torture of U.S. prisoners alleged to have been committed in overseas prisons during former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's tenure, his position in the government shields him from being sued.

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