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UN General Assembly 2008: Implementing a moratorium on executions
3 September 2008

The United Nations General Assembly as the main UN deliberative body with universal membership must continue to debate and make recommendations on the issue of ...

Report       ACT 50/016/2008

Iran: Further Information on Death Penalty: Shabnam Parastesh (f)
29 August 2008

On 27 August 2008, Shabnam Parastesh was hanged in Tehran's Evin Prison for the murder of her husband Mojtaba Amirpour.

Urgent Action       MDE 13/130/2008

Iran: Further information on Fear of imminent execution: Behnam ...
26 August 2008

On 26 August 2008, Behnam Zare` was hanged in Adelabad prison, in the south-western city of Shiraz. Neither his parents nor his lawyer were notified prior to his ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/126/2008

Sudan holds hundreds without charge after 10 May attack | Amnesty ...
20 August 2008

After eight alleged members of the Justice and Equality Movement were sentenced to death by Sudan's Anti-Terrorism Special Courts, the government prepares to try ...

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Iran: Amnesty International condemns the execution of juvenile ...
19 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 13/122/2008. 19 August 2008. Iran: Amnesty International condemns the execution ...

Document       MDE 13/122/2008

Iran: Further information on imminent execution/ legal concern ...
19 August 2008

On 14 August 2008, Mohammad Feda'i’s execution was stayed for another month. Mohammad Feda’i is now facing execution in mid-September, if his family and relatives ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/121/2008

Iran: The 20th anniversary of 1988 "prison massacre"
19 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 13/118/2008. 19 August 2008. Iran: The 20 th anniversary of 1988 "prison massacre". ...

Document       MDE 13/118/2008

Iran: Death Penalty: Kamal (m)
15 August 2008

Seventeen-year-old barber's assistant Kamal was sentenced to death for murder on 12 April 2008. His death sentence was approved by the Supreme Court at the beginning ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/115/2008

Iran: Further information on death penalty/imminent execution ...
15 August 2008

Juvenile offender Amir Amrollahi's death sentence received final approval from the Head of the Judiciary earlier this month. He was sentenced to death for a murder ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/114/2008

USA: Military judge hears allegations of ill-treatment of teenager ...
15 August 2008

On 13 and 14 August 2008 in the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a military judge considered pre-trial issues in the case of Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan national ...

Report       AMR 51/094/2008