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The report focuses on human rights developments since President Saparmurad Niyazov’s death in December 2006 up until 12 June 2008 and highlights patterns of ...

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Iran: Arbitrary arrest/fear of torture or ill-treatment
17 June 2008

Mahboubeh Karami, journalist and women’s rights defender, was removed from a bus and arrested by plain clothed security forces on 13 June. The bus had travelled ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/084/2008

USA (Texas): Death penalty/Legal concern: Charles Dean Hood
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US Supreme Court rules lethal injections constitutional | Amnesty ...
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The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the state of Kentucky's lethal injection procedures are constitutional.

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Algeria: Briefing to the Committee Against Torture
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Amnesty International submits this briefing for consideration by the Committee Against Torture. This briefing summarizes some of Amnesty International’s main concerns ...

Report       MDE 28/001/2008

USA: In whose best interests? Omar Khadr, child ‘enemy combatant ...
16 April 2008

This is a summary of the report about Omar Khadr, a Canadian national, who has been in US military detention for approaching six years. Taken into custody in July ...

Report       AMR 51/029/2008