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30 June 2008

This booklet is designed for those directly involved in the implementation of the ‘European Guidelines on Human Rights defenders’. The purpose of the Guidelines ...

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Japan: Further Information on Fear of imminent execution: MAKINO ...
27 June 2008

Makino Tadashi, who lost his final appeal on 29 May 2008, was in danger of execution in June. He remains on death row.

Urgent Action       ASA 22/005/2008

USA (Oklahoma): Death penalty, Kevin Young (m)
27 June 2008

Kevin Young is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on 22 July 2008. He was sentenced to death in Oklahoma County in 1998 for the murder of Joseph Sutton during ...

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Kuwait: Death penalty: Sheikh Talal bin Nasser al-Salah (m)
26 June 2008

Sheikh Talal bin Nasser al-Salah was sentenced to death in December 2007 on drug-trafficking charges. He could be executed within a month.

Urgent Action       MDE 17/002/2008

Make human rights in Tunisia a reality | Amnesty International
25 June 2008

It is time for the Tunisian authorities to live up to their lofty rhetoric on human rights.

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China: Further Information on Incommunicado Detention/ Fear of ...
24 June 2008

Mongolian human rights activist Jaranbayar Soyolt was released from custody in China on 16 June 2008. He was detained by immigration officials on 6 January at Beijing ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/086/2008

Tunisie. Agissez pour Saber Ragoubi
23 June 2008

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Tunisia: Torture, illegal detention and unfair trials
23 June 2008

Hundreds if not thousands of young people suspected of terrorism-related offences have been arrested in Tunisia in the past five years. Many have been tortured ...

Document       MDE 30/005/2008

Tunisia: Act now for Saber Ragoubi
23 June 2008

Saber Ragoubi was arrested as he surrendered following confrontations between the security forces and an armed group. He was tried unfairly and sentenced to death ...

Document       MDE 30/003/2008

Tunisia: Human rights lip service | Amnesty International
23 June 2008

The Tunisian government is misleading the world as it conveys a positive image of the human rights situation in the country while abuses by its security forces ...

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