On 14 April 1998 Paraguayan national Angel Breard was executed in Virginia despite the ICJ ruling that the execution should be postponed. The arresting authorities ...
Angel Francisco Breard, 32, a citizen of Paraguay and Argentina faces execution on 14 April 1998. AI is concerned that the US authorities failed to respect his ...
Epifanio Cantero, peasant leader / land rights campaigner; killed: Felipe Pablo Benitez: There is concern for the safety of Epifanio Cantero, a member of the Puente ...
In the fourth such case in Paraguay this year, a conscientious objector has been abducted and tortured. Cesar Barrios, a member of the Conscientious Objection Movement ...
Lawyer Alberto Alderete has received a number of telephoned death threats apparently as a result of his representation of peasant farmers killed and injured in ...
This paper considers whether there are any special arguments which would justify limiting the abolition of the death penalty to ordinary crimes. It presents arguments ...
1. Central Asia: Human rights activists abducted; 2. Sierra Leone: Summary executions follow unfair trials; 3. China: The judicial massacre continues; 4. Worldwide ...
Agents of the Paraguayan police have reportedly harassed and threatened 16- year-old Ramon Melgarejo since he made an official complaint of torture against ...
1. Paraguay abolishes the death penalty for ordinary crimes. 2. Amnesty International cautions Philippines against reintroduction of the death penalty. 3. Luxembourg ...