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USA (Federal): Death penalty: Bruce Carneil Webster (m)
3 April 2007

Bruce Webster, black, aged 33, is due to be executed at the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute, Indiana, on 16 April. He was sentenced to death in federal ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/061/2007

Guantánamo: Freedom for UK resident Bisher al-Rawi | Amnesty ...
3 April 2007

Amnesty International welcomes the release from Guantánamo of Bisher al-Rawi. The UK resident was reunited with his family in the UK on 1 April after more than.

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UK: Guant namo freedom for UK resident: Bisher al-Rawi (web ...
3 April 2007

Amnesty International welcomes the release from Guant namo of Bisher al-Rawi. The UK resident was reunited with his family in the UK on 1 April after more than ...

Report       EUR 45/006/2007

USA: Another day in Guant namo: David Hicks sentenced by ...
2 April 2007

In March 2007, Australian national David Hicks became the first person to be sentenced by a military commission. He had pleaded guilty to one charge of "providing ...

Report       AMR 51/055/2007

The Wire, April 2007. Vol. 37, No. 3
1 April 2007

1) Elections in Nigeria marred by violence 2) UK still deports to states known to use torture 3) Human rights persistently defiled in 'war on terror': Europe slammed ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/003/2007

Death penalty: Stop the state killing
1 April 2007

This document focuses on the significant developments and events - both negative and positive - in the struggle against the death penalty in 2006. It includes steps ...

Report       ACT 50/011/2007

USA (Texas): Further information on death penalty: Vincent ...
29 March 2007

Vincent Gutierrez, aged 28, was executed in Texas on the evening of 28 March. He had been sentenced to death in 1998 for the murder of Jose Cobo in 1997. Vincent ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/054/2007

USA: Prisoner of conscience: Mark Lee Wilkerson (m)
28 March 2007

On 22 February a US court martial sentenced Mark Wilkerson to seven months' imprisonment and discharged him from the army for bad conduct and for going absent ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/053/2007

USA: David Hicks pleads guilty on one count: AI observer attends ...
27 March 2007

On 26 March 2007, Australian national David Hicks pleaded guilty to one specification under the charge of "providing material support for terrorism". He pleaded ...

Report       AMR 51/052/2007

USA: Military commissions, like CSRTs, threaten to whitewash ...
23 March 2007

A few people held in the US Naval Base at Guant namo Bay in Cuba are now facing trial by military commission, which system mirrors the Combatant Status Review ...

Report       AMR 51/046/2007