[PAA-Discuss] Take action - Briton held unlawfully in Iraq

[Juli3 at aol.com]

         TAKING  ACTION
TOGETHER
FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS  


Yesterday Amnesty  International launched a shocking new report, _Iraq:  
New order, same abuses_ 
(http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429481) . This report exposes the unlawful  
detention, torture and ill-treatment of thousands of people in Iraq since  
2003. 
One of the people highlighted in the  report is Ramze Shihab Ahmed, a 
68-year-old with dual Iraqi and UK  nationality, who has been detained in Iraq 
without charge or trial since  December 2009.  
Ramze went to Iraq from his home in the UK  in November 2009 to look for 
his son, who had been detained two months  earlier.  
Ramze has said that he was repeatedly  tortured whilst he was held in the 
secret al-Muthanna prison between  December 2009 and April 2010.   
 
(http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429482)  

_Ramze  Shihab Ahmed, tortured and detained without charge. Take action  
now_ 
(http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429483) 

This included being suffocated with a plastic bag, suspended by his  ankles 
and given electric shocks to sensitive parts of his body.  He has never 
been charged with a crime and there has been no  investigation into these 
allegations of torture. 
His family had no idea where he was being held until 25 March 2010 when  he 
managed to call his wife from prison. Ramze is currently being held in  
al-Rusafa prison, where he has not been tortured but is believed to be  
suffering from ill-health. 
Amnesty International is calling on the British government to increase  the 
pressure on the Iraqi authorities to investigate these allegations of  
torture. They must either release Ramze Shihab Ahmed or charge him with an  
internationally recognised criminal offence. 
Please take action today by _emailing  Foreign Secretary William Hague_ 
(http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tI
d=12429484) . 
Yours  sincerely,

Tom  Davies
Individuals at Risk campaigner


If you  have any queries or feedback about this email or Amnesty's work, 
please  get in touch with our Supporter Care team at sct at amnesty.org.uk or on 
+44  (0)20 7033 1777.

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England no 01735872, _registered  office_ 
(http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429485)   
 


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