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Campaigner, rock musician and parliamentarian visit Troy Davis ...
24 September 2009

An Amnesty International campaigner, a musician and a member of the UKparliament are visiting death row inmate Troy Davis in the US state ofGeorgia.

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USA: Ohio execution attempt fails: new date set: Romell Broom (m)
18 September 2009

Romell Broom, a 53-year-old African American man, was taken to be executed on 15 September 2009, but the team administering the lethal injection failed to find ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/104/2009

Indonesia must repeal "cruel" new stoning and caning law | Amnesty ...
17 September 2009

The new bylaw endorses stoning to death for adultery and caning for homosexuality. It also forbids alcohol consumption, gambling and intimacy between unmarried ...

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Indonesia: Repeal "cruel" new stoning and caning law
17 September 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 17 th September 2009. AI Index: ASA 21/016/2009. Indonesia: Repeal "cruel" new stoning and caning law. ...

Document       ASA 21/016/2009

Saudi Arabia: Countering terrorism with repression
11 September 2009

Since the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA, carried out by a group that included Saudi Arabian nationals, and in the wake of bombings and other attacks inside ...

Document       MDE 23/025/2009

Arabia Saudí: Medidas represivas en nombre del antiterrorismo
11 September 2009

Arabia Saudí: Medidas represivas en nombre del antiterrorismo

Document       MDE 23/025/2009

Japan: Hanging by a thread: Mental health and the death penalty in ...
10 September 2009

The use of the death penalty is in decline globally. Japan is one of the few industrialized countries to continue to use it, hanging a small number of prisoners ...

Report       ASA 22/005/2009

USA (Texas): Kenneth Mosley facing execution in Texas
10 September 2009

Kenneth Mosley, a 51-year-old African American man, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 September. He has spent 12 years on death row for the murder of David ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/099/2009

Japan continues to execute mentally ill prisoners | Amnesty ...
10 September 2009

The government of Japan continues to execute prisoners who are mentally ill, according to a new Amnesty International report.

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Japan: Hanging by a thread: Mental health and the death penalty in ...
10 September 2009

Japan is one of only two industrialized countries that retains the death penalty and uses it. Its use is veiled in secrecy, with prisoners informed of their fate ...

Document       ASA 22/006/2009