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Urgent Action ASA 21/016/2008
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Urgent Action MDE 13/111/2008
Ali Hassan ‘Issa al-Buri, Qassim Bin Rida Bin Sulayman al Mahdi and Khalid Bin Muhammad ‘Issa al-Qadihi are at risk of execution after their death sentences were ...
Urgent Action MDE 23/035/2008
Ya’qoub Mehrnehad, a Baluchi cultural and civil rights activist, was executed on 4 August 2008 after his death sentence was approved by Iran’s prosecutor-general ...
Urgent Action MDE 13/110/2008
José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA’s internationallegal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to bestopped.
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Seven members of the Baha’i religious minority have been charged with vaguely worded charges relating to national security. According to press reports, Tehran's ...
Urgent Action MDE 13/109/2008
Amnesty International welcomed the announcement by the spokesperson for Iran’s judiciary that execution by stoning has been suspended, as a result of which several ...
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Brothers Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei, both of whom are doctors specialising in the prevention and management of HIV and AIDS, were arrested in June 2008. They ...
Urgent Action MDE 13/108/2008
"The execution of José Ernesto Medellín Rojas by the state of Texas is a violation of international law," said Amnesty International today. "It undermines the authority ...
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Mexican national José Medellín was executed in Texas on the evening of 5 August 2008 in violation of the USA’s international legal obligations and despite worldwide ...
Urgent Action AMR 51/089/2008
