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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10102

20 March 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/human rights
MEPs call for review of European instruments of torture legislation

Brussels, 19/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 18 March, the European Parliament human rights committee debated the conclusions of a report by Amnesty International and Omega Research Foundation which are critical of European companies involved in the global trade in material most often used to inflict torture or other forms of mistreatment. “EU member states have failed to implement the Regulation 1236/2005 that prohibits trade in goods which could be used for death penalty, torture...

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