Document - Barbados: Further information Fear of imminent execution/Legal Concern

PUBLIC AI Index: AMR 15/003/2002

1 July 2002

Further information on EXTRA 48/02 (AMR 15/001/2002, 28 June 2002) - Fear of imminent execution/Legal Concern

BARBADOS Michael McDonald Huggins (m) aged 27,
Frederick Benjamin Atkins (m) aged 31,
Lennox Ricardo Boyce (m) aged 25,
Jeffrey Joseph (m) aged 27


Michael McDonald Huggins, Frederick Benjamin Atkins, Lennox Ricardo Boyce and Jeffrey Joseph were granted a stay of execution by the Supreme Court (court of the first instance) on the evening of 28 June.

Their lawyers are to file petitions for leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), which is Barbados' highest court of appeal.

No further action is required by the UA Network at present. Thank you to all those who sent appeals.


Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street, WC1X 0DW, London, United Kingdom