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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11637
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade

Amnesty International calls on European Parliament to tighten up EU legislation on trade in instruments of torture 

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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