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Pakistan: Balochistan briefing for Committee for Foreign Affairs ...
8 February 2012

8 February 2012 Balochistan briefing for Committee for Foreign Affairs, US House of Congress Amnesty International calls on the United States government to ...

Public Statement       ASA 33/002/2012

USA: Further information: No clemency in life without parole case ...
7 February 2012

Christi Cheramie was sentenced at the age of 16 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. She has been denied clemency by the Louisiana Board of Pardons ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/010/2012

USA: 'Congress has made no such decision': Three branches of ...
6 February 2012

It is a fundamental rule of international law that any person whose human rights have been violated shall have access to an effective remedy. However, the US ...

Report       AMR 51/008/2012

USA: Three decades on death row, execution set: Robert Waterhouse
3 February 2012

A 65-year-old man is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Florida on 15 February for a murder committed in January 1980. He has been on death row for half ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/009/2012

USA urged to clarify basis for drone killings in Pakistan ...
31 January 2012

Authorities urged to disclose details after US President Barack Obama confirms that the unmanned aircraft are used to target suspected militants.

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USA urged to clarify basis for drone killings in Pakistan ...
31 January 2012

Authorities urged to disclose details after US President Barack Obama confirms that the unmanned aircraft are used to target suspected militants.

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USA: Clemency urged in Louisiana child life without parole case ...
23 January 2012

Christi Cheramie is seeking clemency after spending half her life in prison for a crime she committed as a child.

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USA: Clemency urged in Louisiana child life without parole case ...
23 January 2012

Christi Cheramie is seeking clemency after spending half her life in prison for a crime she committed as a child.

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USA (Delaware): Further information: Delaware governor grants ...
18 January 2012

The Governor of the US state of Delaware has commuted the death sentence of Robert Gattis to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, three days before ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/007/2012

USA (Delaware): Further information: Board recommends mercy as ...
16 January 2012

The Delaware Board of Pardons has recommended that the state governor commute the death sentence of Robert Gattis to life imprisonment. The Governor has until 20 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/006/2012