UK: Ethiopian Assurances No Guarantee Against Torture

17 Sep

Posted by Otto in Human Rights

The UK government should not rely on unreliable “diplomatic assurances” against torture to deport national security suspects to Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the UK government.

Link to HRW

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