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Iran: Halt Executions of Kurdish Prisoners
8 October 2009

Three men, members of Iran’s Kurdish minority, are at risk of imminent execution. This may be in reprisal for a spate of assassinations and attempted assassinations ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/102/2009

The Wire, October/November 2009. Vol. 39, issue 005
8 October 2009

1) Worldwide Appeals: DRC: Tortured in detention; Paraguay: Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous communities; Iraq: Detained without trial for nine years; Nepal ...

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USA: Further information: No death penalty for former secret ...
8 October 2009

The US administration has decided not to seek the death penalty against male Tanzanian national Ahmed Ghailani at his forthcoming federal trial. Before being transferred ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/110/2009

Imminent execution in Belarus must be stopped | Amnesty ...
7 October 2009

Ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International has urged the President of Belarus,Aleksandr Lukashenka, to grant clemency to a man who ...

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Belarus: Further information: Stop execution in Belarus
7 October 2009

The Supreme Court of Belarus has rejected Vasily Yuzepchuk's appeal against the death penalty. He now has until 12 October to apply for clemency from President ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/011/2009

Iraq: Samar Sa'ad 'Abdullah: Facing execution after unfair trial
7 October 2009

Samar Sa'ad 'Abdullah is 27 years old and is in imminent danger of execution. She was sentenced to death for murder in 2005 and the sentence was upheld in 2007. ...

Document       MDE 14/030/2009

USA: Ohio governor stays two executions
6 October 2009

The Governor of Ohio has reprieved two male prisoners who were facing execution in the next month, to give prison authorities more time to establish a “back-up” ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/109/2009

USA: Texas execution looms in jury Bible case
6 October 2009

Khristian Oliver, a 32-year old man, is due to be executed in Texas on 5 November. He was sentenced to death in 1999 for a murder committed during a burglary. While ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/108/2009

Iran execution postponement move welcomed | Amnesty International
5 October 2009

Amnesty International has welcomed a move by the Iranian authorities to postpone the execution of an Afghan national accused of commiting a murder while still a ...

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Iran moves to execute man for crime committed when he was 17 ...
3 October 2009

The Iranian authorities are planning to execute a man alleged to have killed when he was only 17 on Monday.

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