Belize

Human Rights in Belize

EXTRA 71/94 - Belize: death penalty: Alfred Codrington, Lindsberth ...
1 December 1994

On 25 November 1994 the Attorney General of Belize announced that the three men named above would be hanged on 9 December 1994. All men had been sentenced to death ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/002/1994

Death Penalty News September 1994
31 August 1994

1. Trinidad and Tobago: Man executed while appeals still in progress. 2. USA (Massachusetts): state legislature moves to reinstate death penalty. 3. USA (Arkansas ...

Newsletter       ACT 53/003/1994

Belize: update: Death by hanging - the death penalty in Belize
30 June 1994

On 29 June 1994 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, the final court of appeal for Belize, announced that it was of the opinion that the verdicts ...

Report       AMR 16/001/1994

Belize: Death by hanging: the death penalty in Belize
1 February 1993

The death penalty is mandatory for murder in Belize and may also be imposed for certain offences against the defence ordinance (regulations) and the "power of the ...

Report       AMR 16/002/1993

Amnesty International News, February 1993. Vol.23, No.11.
1 February 1993

1. Brazil: "We are the land"; 2. Cameroon: Mass arrests follow protest; 3. Hangings in Libya; 4. Worldwide appeals: Laos, Haiti, Sudan; 5. Focus: Racism: torture ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/011/1993

Further information on EXTRA 82/92 (AMR 16/02/92, 14 October) ...
5 November 1992

AI has learned that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), the final court of appeal for Belize, has given leave for Dean Edwardo Vasquez to appeal ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/003/1992

Further information on UA 334/91 (AMR 16/04/91, 10 October) ...
5 November 1992

Dean Edwardo Vasquez, sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Belize on 21 June 1991 for the murder of his common-law wife, has been given leave to appeal to ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/004/1992

EXTRA 82/92 - Belize: death penalty: Dean Edwardo Vasquez
13 October 1992

Dean Edwardo Vasquez, aged 26, is scheduled to be executed on 30 October 1992. He was sentenced to death by hanging by the Supreme Court of Belize on 21 June 1991 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/002/1992

UA 334/91 - Belize: death penalty: Dean Edwardo Vasquez
9 October 1991

EXTERNAL (for general distribution)AI Index: AMR 16/04/91. Distr: UA/SC. UA 334/91 Death Penalty10 October 1991. BELIZE Dean Edwardo VASQUEZ. ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/004/1991

UA 222/91 - Belize: death penalty: Catalino O'Neil
27 June 1991

EXTERNAL (for general distribution)AI Index: AMR 16/03/91. Distr: UA/SC. UA 222/91 Death Penalty28 June 1991. BELIZE Catalino O'Neil (aged 27). ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/003/1991