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<P><FONT size=2 face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><BR><BR>Yesterday Amnesty
International launched a shocking new report, <EM><A title=http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429481 href="http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429481" target=_blank mce_real_href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE14/006/2010/en">Iraq:
New order, same abuses</A></EM>. This report exposes the unlawful
detention, torture and ill-treatment of thousands of people in Iraq since
2003.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>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. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>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. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Ramze has said that he was repeatedly
tortured whilst he was held in the secret al-Muthanna prison between
December 2009 and April 2010. </FONT></P></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><A title=http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429483 href="http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429483" target=_blank mce_real_href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=715&utm_source=pure&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ramze&utm_content=link_link1">Ramze
Shihab Ahmed, tortured and detained without charge. Take action
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<P><BR>This included being suffocated with a plastic bag, suspended by his
ankles and given electric shocks to sensitive parts of his body.
<STRONG>He has never been charged with a crime and there has been no
investigation into these allegations of torture</STRONG>.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P><STRONG>Please take action today by <A title=http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429484 href="http://webmail.amnesty.org.uk/_act/link.php?mId=J821097318663286034746312515&tId=12429484" target=_blank mce_real_href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=715&utm_source=pure&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ramze&utm_content=link_link2">emailing
Foreign Secretary William Hague</A>.</STRONG></P>
<P></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2 face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Yours
sincerely,<BR></FONT><IMG title="Tom signature" alt="Tom signature" src="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/image_library/22/25/30494.jpg" width=150 height=72><BR><FONT size=2 face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Tom
Davies<BR>Individuals at Risk campaigner<B></B></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><I></I><BR></P></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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