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Human Rights in United States of America

USA: Supreme Court outlaws execution of child offenders
1 March 2005

PUBLIC AI Index: AMR 51/047/2005. UA 162/05 Torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment/Legal concern 14 June 2005. USA ...

Press Release       AMR 51/047/2005

USA (North Carolina): Death penalty: William Dillard Powell
24 February 2005

William Powell is scheduled to be executed in North Carolina on 11 March 2005. He was sentenced to death in 1993 for the murder of a shop assistant, Mary Gladden ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/046/2005

USA: Further information on: Fear of torture or ill-treatment ...
23 February 2005

Ahmed Abu Ali was released from detention in Saudi Arabia and returned to the USA on 22 February to face charges that include conspiring to assassinate President ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/044/2005

USA (Ohio): Death penalty / Legal concern: William Henry Smith (m)
23 February 2005

William Smith, aged 47, black is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on 8 March 2005. He was sentenced to death in April 1988 for the rape, robbery and murder of a ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/045/2005

USA (Indiana): Death penalty: Donald Ray Wallace
22 February 2005

Donald Wallace is scheduled to be executed in Indiana on 10 March 2005. He was sentenced to death in 1982 after being convicted of killing four members of the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/043/2005

USA: Further information: Prisoner of Conscience, Staff Sergeant ...
21 February 2005

Camilo Mejía Castillo was released from prison on 15 February, three months before the end of his one-year sentence, on grounds of good conduct. He is now back ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/042/2005

USA (Oklahoma): Further information on Death penalty / Legal ...
18 February 2005

At a clemency hearing on 15 February, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 4-0 not to recommend clemency for Jimmie Slaughter. In Oklahoma, the governor can ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/041/2005

United States of America: Response to the proposed "Interrogations ...
16 February 2005

In this letter, Amnesty International expresses its strong opposition to the proposed Interrogations Procedures Act. The organization considers that the measures ...

Report       AMR 51/039/2005

Sudan: The United States of America must not block justice for the ...
15 February 2005

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AFR 54/021/2005 (Public). News Service No: 36. 15 February 2005. Sudan: The United States ...

Press Release       AFR 54/021/2005