Torture in the Eighties

Presumably first edition.

263 p.; ill. Some shelfwear.

From the back:

Political suspects and other prisoners face torture in police stations, secret detention centres, camps and military barracks in countries throughout the world in the 1980s. "All I can remember is seeing myself dead," recounts one among the thousands of victims — a survivor freed after international appeals demanded his release .

From the security headquarters in Spain to the prison cells of Iran, from secret police centres in Chile to the psychiatric hospitals in the Soviet Union, this report confronts allegations of torture and ill-treatment of prisoners in more than 90 countries. It presents detailed evidence drawn from the impartial research of Amnesty International, the independent human rights movement that works for the release of all prisoners of conscience, fair trials for political prisoners and an end to torture and executions.

The report, covering a wide range of abuses, cites cases including systematic torture during interrogation — electric shocks, severe beatings and mock executions — harsh prison conditions, the involvement of doctors in the process of torture and punishments such as floggings and amputations decreed by law.

Condemning torture under all political systems, the report spells out a global program for its abolition. It examines countries were international and domestic pressures have brought changes and calls on governments to adopt safeguards that would eradicate torture and prevent cruelty to prisoners.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
-- Torture as an institution
-- The moral argument
-- The methods, victims and agents
-- "Preconditions" for torture
2. Definitions
3. The Process of torture
4. Action against torture
-- Action by victims and their families
-- Action by national groups
-- Action by inter-governmental organizations
-- Actions by international non-governmental organizations
5. Pressure for improvements
-- Northern Ireland
-- Brazil
6. Safeguards and remedies
-- Preventive safeguards
-- Remedial measures
7.The evidence
8. Global survey
Africa
-- Angola (the People's Republic of)
-- Cameroon (the United Republic of)
-- Chad (the Republic of)
-- Comoros (the Federal and Islamic Republic of the)
-- Congo (the People's Republic of the)
-- Djibouti (the Republic of)
-- Ethiopia
-- Gabon (the Gabonese Republic)
-- Ghana (the Republic of)
-- Guinea (the Revolutionary People's Republic of)
-- Kenya (the Republic of)
-- Lesotho (the Kingdom of)
-- Mali (the Republic of)
-- Mozambique (the People's Republic of)
-- Namibia
-- Rwanda (the Rwandese Republic)
-- Somalia (the Somali Democratic Republic)
-- South Africa (the Republic of)
-- Uganda (the Republic of)
-- Zaire (the Republic of)
-- Zamibia (the Republic of)
-- Zimbabwe (the Republic of)
The Americas
-- Argentina (the Argentine Republic)
-- Bolivia (the Republic of)
-- Brazil (the Federative Republic of)
-- Chile (the Republic of)
-- Colombia (the Republic of)
-- El Salvador (the Republic of)
-- Guatemala (the Republic of)
-- Guyana (the Republic of)
-- Haiti (the Republic of)
-- Honduras (the Republic of)
-- The United Mexican States)
-- Paraguay (the Republic of)
-- Peru (the Republic of)
-- Suriname (the Republic of)
-- Uruguay (the Eastern Republic of)
Asia
-- Afghanistan (the Democratic Republic of)
-- Bangladesh (the People's Republic of)
-- China (the People's Republic of)
-- India (the Republic of)
-- Indonesia (the Republic of) and East Timor
-- Korea (the Republic of)
-- Pakistan (the Islamic Republic of)
-- Philippines (the Republic of the)
-- Sri Lanka (the Democratic Socialist Republic of)
-- Taiwan (the Republic of China)
Europe
-- Albania (the People's Socialist Republic of)
-- Italy (the Italian Republic)
-- Poland (the Polish People's Republic)
-- Romania (the Socialist Republic of)
-- Spain (the Spanish State)
-- Turkey (the Republic of)
-- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the)
-- Yugoslavia (the Socialist Federal Republic of)
The Middle East and North Africa
-- Bahrain (the State of)
-- Egypt (the Arab Republic of)
-- Iran (the Islamic Republic of)
-- Iraq (the Republic of)
-- Israel (the State of) and the Occupied Territories
-- Libya (the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
-- Morocco (the Kingdom of) and Western Sahara
-- Saudi Arabia (the Kingdom of)
-- Syria (the Syrian Arab Republic)
-- Tunisia (the Republic of)
9. The Prevention of torture
-- Amnesty International 12 Point Program for the Prevention of Torture.
Appendices
I Standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners
II United Nations declaration on the protection of all persons from torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
III Code of conduct for law enforcement officials
IV General comments on article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
V Principles of medical ethics
VI United Nations: Unilateral declarations against torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
VII United Nations voluntary fund for the victims of torture