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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11637

4 October 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 23
EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
Amnesty International calls on European Parliament to tighten up EU legislation on trade in instruments of torture 
Brussels, 03/10/2016 (Agence Europe)

On the eve of the plenary session vote, in Strasbourg on Tuesday 4 October, on the draft revised regulation banning the trade in equipment which may be used for the death penalty, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, the NGO Amnesty International brought pressure to bear on the European Parliament, calling upon it to tighten up the EU's legislative arsenal.

The European Parliament is to take position on Tuesday on the inter-institutional agreement concluded in trialogue...

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