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Stopping the torture trade International Inc. manufactured one of the most widely used restraint chairs, the Prostraint Violent Prisoner Chair. In an interview published in early 2000, the President of AEDEC stated that his company would only do business with “the countries who really believe in human rights... We’re kind of ticklish about selling them to third world countries that don’t have human rights because then there is a possibility that they might be abused.” 19 However, he also admitted that his company had exported restraint chairs to the United Arab Emirates from where consistent reports of torture and ill-treatment of prisoners have been received over the past 10 years. Pushed further to reveal the number of restraint chairs that his company had sold, he stated that “thousands” had been sold, but when asked the exact number he replied: “We don’t tell anybody that, in court or otherwise.” 20 The absence of controls and regulations on the transfer of restraint chairs means that this information remains a secret. 13
(Ab0ve) A protester is sprayed by Seattle police during protests which forced the World Trade Organization to delay the opening ceremony of its talks in the USA on 30 November 1999. There were allegations of widespread abuses including reports of pepper spray and tear gas being used against non-violent protesters, unresisting residents and bystanders. Some were repeatedly sprayed in the face at close range. (Below) A grenade launcher able to fire tear gas canisters, on sale in Moscow, Russia, 1998. © Robin Ballantyne/Omega Foundation Unfortunately, due to copyright restrictions, this image is unavailable on the web Please contact your nearest Amnesty International section if you wish to obtain a hard copy of this publication.
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