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President Obama visits Egypt | Amnesty International
4 June 2009

US President Barack Obama met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak inCairo on Thursday as he continued his trip to the Middle East.

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Texas carries out 200th execution under current governor | Amnesty ...
3 June 2009

Terry Lee Hankins was the 16th person to be executed in Texas this year, out of a national total of 30.

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Demand Dignity: Case studies on maternal mortality: campaign ...
28 May 2009

More than half a million women die needlessly each year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth – one every minute. Many others suffer disabling ...

Document       ACT 35/007/2009

USA: President Obama defends Guantánamo closure, but endorses ‘ ...
22 May 2009

amnesty international. USA: President Obama defends Guantánamo closure, but endorses ‘war’ paradigm and indefinite preventive detention. 22 May 2009. ...

Report       AMR 51/072/2009

President Obama defends Guantánamo closure, but endorses ...
22 May 2009

US President Barack Obama has restated his commitment to closing theGuantánamo detention facility and to ending the use of the so-called"enhanced inter.

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USA: Concern for mental health of Guantánamo detainee held since ...
21 May 2009

Amnesty International is seriously concerned for the health and well-being of Guantánamo detainee Muhammed Khan Tumani. His lawyers have observed a marked ...

Report       AMR 51/070/2009

Troy Davis faces fourth execution date in two years | Amnesty ...
20 May 2009

US death row prisoner Troy Davis once again faces the prospect of an execution date.

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USA (Missouri): Further information on Death penalty: Dennis James ...
20 May 2009

Dennis Skillicorn was executed in Missouri in the first few minutes of 20 May 2009. He had been sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Richard Drummond in ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/071/2009

Return of Guantánamo military commissions would not serve justice ...
15 May 2009

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US blocks publication of detainee abuse photos | Amnesty ...
14 May 2009

The US administration moved on Thursday to block publication of photographsdepicting abuse of detainees in US custody in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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