[hr-education] Council of Europe video shows work of Anti-Torture Committee for the first time

Strasbourg, 24.06.2005 - To mark the International Day in support of
Victims of Torture on Sunday 26 June 2005, the Council of Europe has
released video pictures that show what can happen to detainees. They are
based on the field experience of the organisation’s Committee for the
Prevention of Torture (CPT). Through the CPT, which has the right to visit
any detention site without prior warning, the 46-nation Council of Europe
works for better treatment of detainees in prisons, police stations and
other places of detention.

The video contains a series of reconstructions, using actors and
actresses, including:
* Police arresting a suspect in the street
* Police officers forcibly removing a deportee from his cell to an aircraft
* Prison officers transferring a prisoner to a disciplinary cell
* Health care staff restraining an agitated psychiatric patient

Another reconstruction ­ the first of its kind - shows a typical CPT
inspection to a prison (for reasons of confidentiality, cameras are never
allowed to film a real CPT visit).


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* The videokit, primarily aimed at TV journalists, has been produced by
the Council of Europe’s Directorate of Communication (DC). The pictures do
not represent any particular country, but are typical of the kinds of
situations that the CPT may observe in Europe. Detailed content
descriptions and downloadable extracts from the video are available at
http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/press.htm.
* Broadcast standard pictures are available from the European Broadcasting
Union in Geneva www.eurovision.net or by unilateral transmission from the
Council of Europe (see contact details below).
* For technical questions, contact Alun Drake, tel. + 33 3 88 41 25 64,
alun.drake@coe.int
* For general information on the CPT, contact Patrick Müller, tel. + 33 3
88 41 39 39, cptdoc@coe.int


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Patrick Müller
Documentary research, information strategies and media contacts
Council of Europe: Secretariat of the CPT (European Committee for the
Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment)

Recherches documentaires, stratégies d’information et contacts avec les médias
Conseil de l'Europe: Secrétariat du CPT (Comité européen pour la
prévention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou
dégradants)

F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex, FRANCE
Tel: Int. +33 3 88 41 23 88, France: 03 88 41 23 88
Fax: Int. +33 3 88 41 27 72, France: 03 88 41 27 72
Internet: http://www.cpt.coe.int/
E-mail: patrick.muller@coe.int



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