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USA: Human rights at risk in treaty talks
13 July 2012

Human rights criteria that could save the lives of millions of people are at risk of being seriously weakened as the historic Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is negotiated ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/062/2012

USA (Ohio): Further information: Ohio Governor commutes death ...
12 July 2012

The Governor of Ohio has commuted the death sentence of 63-year-old John Eley, who was due to be executed on 26 July for a murder committed in 1986.

Urgent Action       AMR 51/061/2012

USA (Georgia): Execution scheduled despite mental disability ...
10 July 2012

Warren Hill, a 52-year-old African American man, is due to be executed in the US state of Georgia on 18 July for the 1990 murder of a fellow prisoner. He has a ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/058/2012

USA (Arizona): Arizona execution opposed by prosecutor
10 July 2012

Daniel Cook is scheduled to be executed in Arizona on 8 August. The lead prosecutor from the 1988 trial has said that he would not have sought the death penalty ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/059/2012

USA: 'I don't really know what mitigation means': Action for ...
5 July 2012

The USA's resort to the death penalty in an increasingly abolitionist world means that US authorities run into criticism when seeking to defend their country's ...

Document       AMR 51/056/2012

USA (Texas): Further information: Clemency petition filed for ...
4 July 2012

Lawyers for Yokamon Hearn, who remains scheduled to be executed in Texas on 18 July, are making a final bid in the courts and before the Texas clemency authorities ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/055/2012

USA (Ohio): Prosecutor and judge oppose Ohio execution: John Eley
3 July 2012

John Eley, aged 63, is due to be executed in the US state of Ohio on 26 July 2012 for a murder committed in 1986. The prosecutor who obtained the death sentence ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/053/2012

Artists write to UN leader Ban Ki-moon on 'a matter of life and ...
2 July 2012

International artists have come together to call on governments to agree a strong Arms Trade Treaty.

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USA: Where's the evidence (Postcard)
1 July 2012

LONDON OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: STOP DEFENDING DOW CHEMICAL. JOIN US: AMNESTY.ORG/EN/JOIN. PROTECT PAHARILAND RIGHTS IN THECHITTAGONG HILLTRACTS. WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE ...

Postcard       AMR 51/034/2012

Wire, July/August 2012. Vol. 42, issue 04
1 July 2012

1) The Agenda 2) Up front "They know they are being watched" 3) Bhopal: Carrying the torch 4) International Day of the Disappeared: "Our life without him is bare ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2012