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Kuwait: Further information on Death Penalty/Imminent Execution ...
10 December 2007

Marilou Ranario's death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on 9 December 2007, by Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah.

Urgent Action       MDE 17/002/2007

Kuwait: Death penalty/imminent execution: Marilou Ranario (f)
4 December 2007

Filipina domestic worker Marilou Ranario was sentenced to death in 2005, and had her sentence confirmed by the Court of Cassation on 27 November 2007. The sentence ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/001/2007

Death penalty: Stop the state killing
1 April 2007

This document focuses on the significant developments and events - both negative and positive - in the struggle against the death penalty in 2006. It includes steps ...

Report       ACT 50/011/2007

Migrants Day Feature: Living in the Shadows: the human rights of ...
18 December 2006

Migrants Day Feature AI Index ACT 30/025/2006. Start date: 18/12/06. Web Publisher Category: Refugees. Living in the Shadows: the human rights of migrants. ...

Report       ACT 30/025/2006

Kuwait: Further Information on Imminent Execution: Thamer Marzouq ...
5 January 2006

Thamer Marzouq al-Azm, aged 21 (full name previously not known), was hanged inside the interior ministry complex in Kuwait City on 21 December. His hooded body ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/001/2006

Death Penalty News: January 2006
1 January 2006

1.) Iran executes eight juvenile offenders in 2005; 2.) USA: More than 1000 executions since 1977; 3.) International events; 4.) Liberia abolishes the death penalty ...

Newsletter       ACT 53/001/2006

Kuwait: Imminent Execution: Thamer MA (m) (full name not known)
9 December 2005

Thamer MA, who was sentenced to death for murder by Kuwait's Criminal Court, has now had his sentence ratified by the Amir of Kuwait, and may be executed at any ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/005/2005

Kuwait: Amnesty International welcomes the extension of political ...
19 May 2005

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 17/004/2005 (Public). News Service No: 133. 20 May 2005. Kuwait: Amnesty International ...

Press Release       MDE 17/004/2005

Kuwait: Time to release the remaining prisoners of the 1991 unfair ...
18 April 2005

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 17/003/2005 (Public). News Service No: 097. 19 April 2005. Kuwait: Time to release ...

Press Release       MDE 17/003/2005

Kuwait: Investigation into death in custody required as a first ...
11 February 2005

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 17/002/2005 (Public). News Service No: 034. 11 February 2005. Kuwait: Investigation ...

Press Release       MDE 17/002/2005