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  1. Death's Waiting Room

    Death’s Waiting Room opens today at 1pm at Trafalgar Square; first ‘prisoners’ include actress Anna Chancellor, who will read a speech from Linda Carty to London

    on 12 August 2010

    A life-size death row cell replicating the real cell of British grandmother Linda Carty, now facing imminent execution in Texas, opens today in London.

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    Death's Waiting Room: launch 1pm today

    on 10 August 2010

    Reprieve announces the launch of Death’s Waiting Room, a life-size death row cell outside St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, at 1pm Thursday 12th August.

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    Ex-Guantánamo prisoner Abdul Aziz Naji indicted on mysterious charges in Algeria

    on 03 August 2010

    Ex-Guantánamo prisoner Abdul Aziz Naji indicted on mysterious charges in Algeria following forced repatriation by Obama Administration; grave fears for the safety of British resident Ahmed Belbacha.

  4. Ahmed Belbacha

    Ahmed Belbacha at risk of forced return to Algeria

    on 28 July 2010

    Take action for Ahmed Belbacha, before it's too late.

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    Reprieve is seeking the disqualification of Sir Peter Gibson as the judge leading the UK’s inquiry into allegations of torture

    on 20 July 2010

    In a letter copied to the Prime Minister, Reprieve has requested that Sir Peter Gibson step aside as the judge leading the Torture Inquiry, as his impartiality is fatally compromised.

  6. Binyam Mohamed

    Government memos show Prime Minister Tony Blair ordered the Foreign Office to violate its legal obligation to assist British citizens abroad - bowing to pressure from President George W Bush

    on 14 July 2010

    Documents released last night in the Binyam Mohamed civil court case reveal that then-Prime Minister Tony Blair personally overruled the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's demand for consular access to British 'ghost' prisoners.

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    Reprieve is delighted by the announcement of an inquiry into allegations of torture complicity by the British secret services

    on 06 July 2010

    Reprieve is delighted by the announcement of an inquiry on torture allegations, but insists 1) it cannot restore the reputation of the British security services unless its findings are made public and 2) the inquiry must address the official policy under which the intelligence agents were working at the time.

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    Reprieve launches investigation into systematic torture of British citizens by Pakistani police in Pakistan Police Torture Project

    on 02 July 2010

    Reprieve has today launched a new investigative project tackling the culture of torture and impunity in police stations across Pakistan.

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    Reprieve is delighted by reports of a planned inquiry on torture allegations, and has written to the Coalition Government proposing an open and transparent structure under the Inquiries Act 2005

    on 29 June 2010

    Reprieve has today written to the Coalition Government, proposing a structure for a full independent inquiry into allegations of complicity in torture by the British Intelligence and Security Services.

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    Pressed by Reprieve's litigation, Coalition Government promises to publish new, legitimate torture policy ‘very shortly’; High Court therefore declines to consider lawfulness of current secret policy

    on 28 June 2010

    The High Court today confirmed that Reprieve had good reason to seek judicial review of the Government’s ‘torture policy’ – guidance given to intelligence field agents on responding to evidence of torture -- but refused to proceed with the claim on the basis of a new Government promise made to the court.

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