Mauritania

Human Rights in ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

Mauritania: Government guilty of routine torture | Amnesty ...
3 December 2008

Amnesty International today accused the Mauritanian government of routine and systematic torture, saying that the security apparatus has adopted torture as the ...

Press Release      

Mauritania: Toture at the heart of the state
3 December 2008

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Report       AFR 38/009/2008

Mauritania's security forces guilty of routine torture | Amnesty ...
3 December 2008

The country's security forces have adopted torture as the preferred method of investigation and repression, according to a new Amnesty International report.

Report Abstract      

Mauritania: Peaceful demonstrations demanding restoration of the ...
8 October 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 38/008/2008 (Public Document). 08 October 2008. Mauritania: Peaceful demonstrations ...

Document       AFR 38/008/2008

Mauritania: Amnesty International calls for the release of the ...
12 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 38/007/2008. 12 August 2008. Mauritania: Amnesty International calls for the ...

Document       AFR 38/007/2008

Migrants face illegal arrest in Mauritania | Amnesty International
2 July 2008

People trying to reach Europe are being arrested, ill-treated and collectivelyexpelled from Mauritania without opportunity to challenge the decision.

Report Abstract      

Mauritania: "Nobody wants to have anything to do with us": Summary
1 July 2008

This document is a summary of Amnesty International's report (AFR 38/001/2008) which sets out the main concerns of Amnesty International in relation to the treatment ...

Report       AFR 38/005/2008

Mauritania: «Nobody wants to have anything to do with us» ...
1 July 2008

Since 2006, thousands of migrants, accused of setting out from Mauritania with the intention of entering the Canary Islands irregularly, have been arrested, then ...

Report       AFR 38/001/2008

Mauritania: Torture of alleged Islamists widespread
12 June 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index AFR 38/004/2008. News Service: 105/08. 12 June 2008. Mauritania: Torture of alleged Islamists widespread. ...

Document       AFR 38/004/2008

Mauritania: Further information on incommunicado detention / fear ...
30 May 2008

Mohamed Ould Semane, Mohamed Khouna Ould Brahim Salem and 37 others appeared in court for their preliminary hearing at the Nouakchott court on 26 and 27 May 2008 ...

Urgent Action       AFR 38/003/2008