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  1. Rendition Plane N379P

    European Parliament hears evidence on CIA extraordinary rendition programme from Reprieve's Crofton Black

    on 29 March 2012

    Reprieve’s Crofton Black this week gave evidence to the European Parliament on new developments in his European renditions accountability investigation.

  2. Hippocratic oath logo

    Pharma firm Lundbeck wins ethical award for stopping use of drugs in executions

    on 29 March 2012

    Lundbeck has become the first recipient of a new Corporate Social Responsibility Award for Ethical Leadership in the Pharmaceutical Industry. The Award, which was presented to Lundbeck’s Chief Executive Officer, Ulf Wiinberg by legal action charity Reprieve, is given in recognition of the steps the company has taken to prevent the use of its medicines in executions in the USA.

  3. Generic Front page - Hands through bars colour

    US Judge Leon blocks all imports of key execution drug sodium thiopental

    on 28 March 2012

    A federal judge yesterday banned the import of a key anaesthetic used in lethal injections, in a major blow to US execution chambers desperate for supplies.

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    Leading pharma firm signs anti-lethal injection pledge

    on 28 March 2012

    Leading pharmaceutical company Lundbeck has become the first to sign up to a new ‘Pharmaceutical Hippocratic oath’ for the industry which condemns the use of drugs in executions.

  5. Abu Zubaydah

    Ten years after US torture experiments began, Poland charges former spy chief over criminal complicity in CIA abuse

    on 28 March 2012

    On the 10th anniversary of the CIA's seizure of its torture ‘guinea pig’ Abu Zubaydah, Poland has emerged as the first government to charge one of its own officials over the abuse of prisoners in the European secret prison system.

  6. Clare Algar BW

    David Davis' revelations show why secret justice plans must be stopped

    on 27 March 2012

    Commenting on MP David Davis' speech to the House of Commons tonight, in which he outlined how the US and UK have attempted to suppress embarrassing information in the name of 'national security,' and challenged the Government over its plans set out in the Green Paper on Justice and Security, Reprieve's Executive Director, Clare Algar said: "This demonstrates just how ready the intelligence services are to cry national security in order to cover up their own embarrassment."

  7. Binyam Mohamed 2

    New report on Binyam Mohamed v Foreign Office: the myth of the ‘leaky’ case and why the security services want us to believe it

    on 27 March 2012

    Reprieve has today released an analysis of the case of Binyam Mohamed v Foreign and Commonwealth Office aimed at debunking the dangerous myths around the case.

  8. Sherif el Mashad

    Reprieve calls on Albania to allow ex-Guantánamo prisoner Sherif Almeshad’s return home to Egypt

    on 27 March 2012

    In a Tirana press conference today, Reprieve's Katie Taylor will describe how the Albanian authorities are unnecessarily preventing the return home of an innocent former ex-Guantánamo prisoner to Egypt.

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    New campaign urges pharma firms to sign anti-execution ‘Hippocratic oath’

    on 26 March 2012

    Legal action charity Reprieve has today launched a campaign calling on pharmaceutical companies to sign a ‘Pharmaceutical Hippocratic oath’ under which they pledge not to become involved in executions by lethal injection.

  10. Yunus Rahmatullah

    Lahore High Court orders Pakistan Government to challenge the US over the illegal detention of Pakistanis in Bagram

    on 22 March 2012

    The Lahore High Court on Wednesday 21st March ordered Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately write to the government of the United States demanding details about seven Pakistani nationals currently detained in Afghanistan at Bagram Airbase, including the reasons for their arrest and the legal charges levelled against them.

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