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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

Video: End stoning in Iran | Amnesty International
15 August 2008

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Suspension of stoning executions a welcome step if carried out ...
15 August 2008

Amnesty International has welcomed last week's announcement by thespokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary that execution by stoning has beensuspended.

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

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

Urgent Action       MDE 13/115/2008

Saudi Arabia: Further Information on Death Penalty/Flogging
14 August 2008

The seven men named above had their sentences upheld by the Court of Cassation in Makkah in July. Five of the men have been sentenced to death. The two others were ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/036/2008

India: Indigenous communities at risk of forced eviction in Orissa
14 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index No ASA 20/017/2008. 14 August 2008. India: Indigenous communities at risk of forced eviction in Orissa. ...

Document       ASA 20/017/2008

Sri Lanka: LTTE, government endangering lives of tens of thousands ...
14 August 2008

Thousands of families who fled the recent fighting between Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) must be allowed to move to safer areas ...

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Saudi Arabia: Further information on Death Penalty/ Fear of ...
14 August 2008

On 9 August 2008, the Jeddah General Court, which sentenced Canadian national Mohamed Kohail and Jordanian national Mehanna Sa'd to death, rejected the recommendations ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/037/2008

India: Repeal shoot on sight orders | Amnesty International
13 August 2008

The government of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir should rescind the order issued today to authorize security forces to “shoot on sight” in response to communal ...

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Indonesia: Further Information on Imminent Execution
12 August 2008

Rio Alek Bulo was executed by firing squad on Friday 8 August. He was convicted in 2001 of murdering four people and whilst awaiting execution was convicted of ...

Urgent Action       ASA 21/016/2008