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Kuwait: Further information on fear of forcible return / fear of ...
7 April 1997

Still detained: Muhammad Mirza, Shaikh 'Abd al-Nabi al-Sitrawi, Rashed 'Abdullah Rashed, 'Adel al-Hayki, 'Ali al-Hayki; Released: 'Abd al-Jalil Shuwaikh, Hussain ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/002/1997

Kuwait: Fear of forcible return / fear of torture
1 April 1997

Muhammad Mirza, 'Abd al-Jalil al-Shuwaikh, Shaikh 'Abd al-Nabi al-Sitrawi, Rashed 'Abdullah Rashed, 'Adel al-Hayki, 'Ali al-Hayki, Hussain al-Hayki, Muhammad al ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/001/1997

Amnesty International Newsletter November 1996
1 November 1996

1. Nigeria: Contempt for human rights continues; 2. Ecuador: Prisoners of conscience freed; 3. News in brief; 4. Albania: Post-election protesters attacked by police ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/009/1996

Kuwait: Further information on death penalty: Badr 'Abd al-Karim ...
22 September 1996

The above was executed on 22 September 1996, after having been convicted of premeditated murder and the possession of drugs.

Urgent Action       MDE 17/007/1996

Kuwait: Hussein Qambar 'Ali: death threats
31 July 1996

On 29 May 1996 a Kuwaiti Islamic family court declared "Robert" Hussein Qambar 'Ali, a convert to Christianity, an apostate. This is the first legal case of its ...

Report       MDE 17/005/1996

Amnesty International Newsletter July 1996
30 June 1996

1. Brazil: Human rights placed in the spotlight; 2. United States of America (Georgia): Olympic host state is fifth highest for executions; 3. Burundi: Death toll ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/007/1996

Abolition of the death penalty worldwide: developments in 1995
30 June 1996

This report describes positive developments in the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, including the abolition of the death penalty in Spain, Mauritius and ...

Report       ACT 50/007/1996

Kuwait: Death penalty: Kuwaiti police officer (name unknown)
27 June 1996

On 24 June 1996, the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence passed on a captain in the Kuwaiti police force convicted of drowning a Syrian woman with whom ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/006/1996

Amnesty International News, March 1996. Vol.26, No.3.
1 March 1996

1. Kuwait: Time to face up to past wrongs; 2. Burundi: International community turns a blind eye as killings continue throughout the country; 3. Singapore: Jehovah's ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/003/1996

Kuwait: Five years of impunity since the withdrawal of Iraqi ...
22 February 1996

News Service 28/96. AI INDEX: MDE 17 \04 \96. EMBARGOED UNTIL 0001 HRS GMT 22 FEBRUARY 1996. KUWAIT: FIVE YEARS OF IMPUNITY SINCE THE WITHDRAWAL OF IRAQI FORCES ...

Press Release       MDE 17/004/1996