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USA: Ohio governor to decide on execution: Mark Wiles
28 March 2012

Mark Wiles is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Ohio on 18 April for a murder in 1985. He has spent more than half of his life on death row. The parole ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/024/2012

USA: In hostile terrain: Human rights violation in immigration ...
28 March 2012

This report highlights the link between violations of immigrants' rights in the southwestern states of Texas and Arizona and the failure of federal, state and local ...

Report       AMR 51/018/2012

Europe: "What is new on the alleged CIA illegal detention and ...
27 March 2012

In this presentation to the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in March 2012, Amnesty International considers information ...

Document       EUR 01/006/2012

Amnesty International | Saudi Arabian human rights defender banned ...
27 March 2012

A travel ban on a prominent Saudi Arabian human rights defender imposed just before he planned to attend a democracy course in the United States must be lifted ...

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Lithuania: Amnesty International urges the reopening of the ...
16 March 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 53/001/2012. 16 March 2012. Lithuania : Amnesty International urges the reopening ...

Public Statement       EUR 53/001/2012

USA: California's prison isolation units remain inhumane despite ...
12 March 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 51/021/2012. 12 March 2012. California's prison isolation units remain inhumane ...

Public Statement       AMR 51/021/2012

US ruling against Salvadoran ex-General a 'huge' victory for ...
7 March 2012

A US immigration court has ruled that a former Salvadoran Defence Minister can be deported on the basis of grave abuses during the 1980s civil war.

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USA (Montana): Canadian on death row in USA seeks clemency: Ronald ...
5 March 2012

A Canadian man on death row in the US state of Montana for a double murder committed in 1982 is seeking clemency, having exhausted his court appeals. His clemency ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/019/2012

Letter Writing Marathon 2011: Final report
1 March 2012

In 2011, 14 cases of individuals at risk were selected to feature in the Letter Writing Marathon. The aim of "Write for Rights" is to bring about change in the ...

Report       ACT 30/038/2012

USA: Alabama sets execution of 70-year-old man: Thomas Arthur
27 February 2012

Thomas Arthur, aged 70, is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Alabama on 29 March for a murder committed in 1982. He has been on death row for more than ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/017/2012