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USA (Indiana): Further information on death penalty / Legal ...
4 May 2007

David Woods, aged 42, was executed in Indiana on 4 May. He had been sentenced to death in 1985 for the murder of Juan Placencia in 1984. David Woods, who was 19 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/086/2007

The Wire, May 2007. Vol. 37, No. 4
1 May 2007

1) Torture: Egypt's open secret 2) A legacy of sexual violence 3) 1 May - International Workers' Day: Trade unionists gunned down in Cambodia; Labour activists ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2007

The Death Penalty Worldwide - Developments in 2006 (With ...
1 May 2007

The world continued to move closer to the universal abolition of capital punishment during 2006. By the end of the year 88 countries had abolished the death penalty ...

Report       ACT 50/005/2007

Denmark: A Briefing for the Committee against Torture
30 April 2007

In May 2007, the Committee against Torture is scheduled to examine Denmark's fifth periodic report on its implementation of the Convention against Torture. While ...

Report       EUR 18/001/2007

USA: Amnesty International concerned about alleged pattern of ill ...
30 April 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 51/083/2007 (Public). News Service No: 085. 30 April 2007. USA: Amnesty International ...

Press Release       AMR 51/083/2007

EU-US Summit: no more business as usual, please
30 April 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. EU PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: IOR 61/012/2007 (Public). Date: 30 April 2007. EMBARGO 09.00am (BRUSSELS TIME) ON MONDAY 30 APRIL. ...

Press Release       IOR 61/012/2007

USA (Texas): Further information on Death penalty / Legal concern ...
27 April 2007

Ryan Dickson was executed in Texas on 26 April. He was sentenced to death for the murder of Carmelo Surace in 1994, committed two weeks after Dickson's 18th birthday ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/081/2007

USA [Tennessee]: Death penalty / Legal concern: Philip Workman (m)
27 April 2007

Philip Workman, aged 53, is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on 9 May despite compelling evidence that a key state witness lied at the trial and that the police ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/080/2007

Death Penalty Satistics 2006
27 April 2007

This document is a compilation of the annual death penalty statistics for 2006. It includes information under the following headings: Death Sentences and Executions ...

Report       ACT 50/012/2007

USA: Another CIA detainee transferred to Guantánamo
27 April 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 51/082/2007 (Public). News Service No: 084. 27 April 2007. USA: Another CIA detainee transferred to Guantánamo ...

Press Release       AMR 51/082/2007