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| | Trading in the tools used to torture - Amnesty International |
 | | Please write to your government asking them to ban the import, export and brokering of death penalty equipment, stun belts, thumbcuffs, leg irons and shackles. |
 | | At least 69 companies in 12 countries are making, distributing or dealing in leg irons, shackles or thumbcuffs, according to recent research for AI. |
 | | Many of the countries manufacturing or supplying leg irons, electro-shock weapons or death penalty equipment have ineffective, or indeed no controls on the import, export or brokering of such equipment. |
| web.amnesty.org /pages/ttt4-article_13-eng (1141 words) |
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