The judicial punishments of flogging and amputation, described as the "purification" laws have now been introduced. These laws, which came into effect in February ...
1. Trinidad: Letter from death row prisoner. 2. South Africa: Amnesty International calls on the South African Government to ensure free political activity in ...
Mansur Kikhiya, a prominent member of the Libyan opposition, went missing from a hotel in Cairo, Egypt, on 11 December. AI fears that he may have been abducted ...
In an address to a group of prisoners, broadcast on 30 June 1993, the Libyan leader, Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi, appeared to call for the extension of the death ...
1. Libya: Amnesty International urges against introduction of judicial amputation, floggings and extended use of death penalty. 2. USA: AI welcomes investigation ...
In a speech broadcast by Libyan Television on 30 June 1993, Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi again called for the introduction of the judicial punishments of amputation ...
1. Libya: Amnesty International writes to heads of state and government of all OAU member states urging them to protect human rights. 2. Address to press conference ...
Judicial punishments of amputation and flogging may be introduced in Libya in the near future. Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gadaffi, in a speech on 2 April, urged the Basic ...
1. Pakistan: Nineteen executions since April 1992; 2. AI urges Peru not to extend the death penalty; 3. Libya: Resumption of executions; 4. Bangladesh: Extension ...