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United Kingdom: Providing reparations through the Torture (Damages ...

Amnesty International strongly supports the enactment by the United Kingdom (UK) of the Torture (Damages) Bill (the Bill). The Bill is scheduled to receive its ...

13 May 2008       Report       EUR 45/006/2008

Iraq: Suffering in Silence: Iraqi Refugees in Syria

Table of Contents. Iraq. Suffering in Silence: Iraqi Refugees in Syria. 1 INTRODUCTION. Syria hosts more Iraqi refugees than any other ...

12 May 2008       Report       MDE 14/010/2008

Brazil: Further information on fear for safety

Around 50 Guajajara indigenous families, in the remote Araribóia reservation in the central west of Maranhão state, are at risk of attack from local gunmen allegedly ...

12 May 2008       Urgent Action       AMR 19/007/2008

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

William Earl Lynd was executed in Georgia on the evening of 6 May 2008. He was sentenced to death in 1990 for the murder of his friend Virginia (“Ginger”) Moore ...

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

India: The Death Penalty in India: A lethal lottery: A study of ...

Summary Report 1. The Death Penalty in India: A Lethal Lottery. A study of Supreme Court judgments in death penalty cases 1950-2006. Introduction. ...

2 May 2008       Report       ASA 20/006/2008

Bahrain: Death penalty/fear of imminent execution: Mizan Noor Al ...

PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 11/001/2008. 02 May 2008. UA 119/08 Death penalty/fear of imminent execution. BAHRAIN Mizan Noor Al Rahman Ayoub ...

2 May 2008       Urgent Action       MDE 11/001/2008

USA: Who are the Guantánamo detainees? Case Sheet 25: Sanad Ali ...

Sanad al-Kazimi is a Yemeni national who has been held without charge or trial in Guantánamo Bay in Cuba for the past three and a half years. In total, he has been ...

1 May 2008       Document       AMR 51/033/2008

Equatorial Guinea: Further Information on Detention without charge ...

Brígida Asongsua Elo was released without charge on 25 April 2008, having been held in harsh conditions at Malabo Central Police Station since 16 December 2006.

30 Apr 2008       Urgent Action       AFR 24/005/2008

USA (Georgia): Death penalty/imminent execution, William Earl Lynd ...

William Earl Lynd is scheduled to be executed in Georgia at 7pm on 6 May 2008. He was sentenced to death in 1990 for the murder of his friend Virginia (“Ginger” ...

30 Apr 2008       Urgent Action       AMR 51/023/2008