Amnesty attacks ‘torture’ exports

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Source: Financial Times

Amnesty attacks ‘torture’ exports
By James Blitz in London
Published: March 17 2010 05:12 | Last updated: March 17 2010 05:12

Germany and the Czech Republic are among a number of countries which are allowing the export of weapons that can be used in torture, including fixed wall restraints, metal thumb cuffs, and electroshock sleeves and cuffs, according to a report published on Wednesday by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation.

The report documents how between 2006 and 2009, the Czech Republic issued export licences for shackles, electric shock weapons and chemical sprays. Germany, over the same period, issued licences for foot chains and chemical sprays to be exported, Amnesty International alleges.

All these goods were exported to some nine countries where police and security forces had previously used such equipment for torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International states.

The organisation also reports that law enforcement equipment suppliers in Italy and Spain have promoted the sale of electroshock cuffs or sleeves that can apply a force of 50,000 volts on prisoners. The organisation says that a legal loophole permits their trade, even though similar electric stun belts are prohibited for import and export across the EU.

Read more: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/42e22bb2-3122-11df-8e6f-00144feabdc0.html

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[boppers]

2. Shit, my garden is a chemical weapon.

Pray I don't make salsa.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Don't look back...

[dipsydoodle]

4. Shouldn't this be in the BDSM Forum ?

:shrug:

[GliderGuider]

5. Just what I was thinking...

:hi:

[dipsydoodle]

6. Great minds......

:hi: