He said Jordanian law bans the use of torture and reliance on statements extracted under duress.
Even the bedrock of investing theories related to portfolios has come under duress.
"He clearly gave the testimony under duress, " said Kakha Kukhava of the Democratic Front.
Many of the convictions were reached on the basis of confessions secured under duress.
In states with anti-conversion laws, credible allegations of conversion under duress have very rarely been made.
Government lawyers had stressed that Jordan had banned torture and the use in trial of statements extracted under duress.
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Perhaps under duress, he claimed involvement in thirty-one criminal plots an improbable number, even for a high-level terrorist.
The UN report suggests that this witness's original testimony was corroborated by others and retracted under duress.
This was followed by the release of various disturbing videos showing the men making statements, possibly under duress.
Her words were echoed by several opposition leaders, who said they believed Mr Okruashvili had given testimony under duress.
As an individual not under duress she chooses what she wants to do or where she wants to be.
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Cases are thrown out of court because essential evidence was extracted under duress.
Changhong sued in a U.S. court last year, hoping to enforce the agreements that Apex said were signed under duress.
Under duress (say, a cramped airline seat) you could still get stuff done, but it wouldn't be the comfiest viewing experience.
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"No, what he is doing is under duress and he should not not lose his job, " said one of the other men.
Kurzban said that Aristide did not resign, and suggested that the statement he allegedly signed was either fake or signed under duress.
But for years, many of them have sought compensation anyway, arguing that an agreement made under duress at gunpoint is not valid.
That Cyprus itself was expected (under duress) to enact the deposit tax is almost irrelevant, since the Troika is really running this show.
But Washington went even further, getting KPMG--under duress--to agree not to pay the legal fees of its officials whom the feds were pursuing.
Mr Nasheed, the country's first democratic president, claims he was forced to quit under duress after soldiers and police mutinied in the capital.
After all, selling a group of companies under duress which this certainly is is not a smart way to get the best offer for investors.
He claims he was forced to quit in February 2012 under duress after soldiers and police mutinied and overran the party's headquarters in Male.
But she still insists that she came under duress fleeing an arranged marriage to a cousin from Canada who made a deal with her father.
Indeed, most of his wealth still lies in his investment in Citigroup, made in 1990 at a time when the bank was under duress.
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Washington Mutual was also acquired by PwC audit client JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch was bought, under duress, by Bank of America, another PwC audit client.
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Having initially confessed in the belief that they would be repatriated to Britain, they have now withdrawn their statements, saying they were made under duress.
He signed under duress but the letter was then used by the international community to endorse what was in effect a brutal Venezuelan-directed overthrow of the democracy.
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