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USA (Virginia): Death penalty / Legal concern: Percy Levar Walton

Levar Walton, who suffers from serious mental illness, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 10 June. He was sentenced to death in 1997 for the murders of ...

9 May 2008       Urgent Action       AMR 51/039/2008

Afghanistan: Death penalty

The Supreme Court of Afghanistan has upheld around 100 death sentences issued by lower courts against individuals convicted of crimes including murder, rape, kidnapping ...

9 May 2008       Urgent Action       ASA 11/005/2008

South Korea: On-going Crackdown against Migrant's Trade Union

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 25/004/2008 (Public). Date: 08 May 2008. South Korea: On-going Crackdown against Migrant’s Trade Union. ...

8 May 2008       Document       ASA 25/004/2008

Iran: Further information on imminent execution: Behnoud Shojaee

The execution of juvenile offender, Behnoud Shojaee, which was scheduled to take place on 7 May, has been stayed for a month on order of the Head of the Judiciary ...

8 May 2008       Urgent Action       MDE 13/066/2008

USA (Georgia): Further information on Death penalty / imminent ...

William Earl Lynd was executed in Georgia on the evening of 6 May. He was sentenced to death in 1990 for the murder of his friend Virginia (“Ginger”) Moore on 23 ...

7 May 2008       Urgent Action       AMR 51/037/2008

Oral Statement by Amnesty International Item 7 (k): Report of the ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 01/002/2008 (Public). Date: 07 May 2008. ORAL STATEMENT BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. ...

7 May 2008       Document       AFR 01/002/2008

Oral Statement by Amnesty International Item 4: Human Rights ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 01/003/2008 (Public). Date: 07 May 2008. ORAL STATEMENT BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. ...

7 May 2008       Document       AFR 01/003/2008

Oral Statement by Amnesty International. Item 7 (e): Presentation ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 01/004/2008 (Public). Date: 07 May 2008. ORAL STATEMENT BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. ...

7 May 2008       Document       AFR 01/004/2008

Oral Statement by Amnesty International. Item 7(j): Presentation ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 01/001/2008 (Public). Date: 07 May 2008. ORAL STATEMENT BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. ...

7 May 2008       Document       AFR 01/001/2008

Belarus: Torture and other ill-treatment/health concern, Emanuel ...

US national Emanuel Zeltser was detained when he flew in to Belarus on 12 March. He is held in a state security services detention facility in the capital, Minsk ...

7 May 2008       Urgent Action       EUR 49/006/2008