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Peru: Death Penalty: Proposed extension of death penalty laws
20 September 2006

Peru's Congress is considering three pieces of legislation which would broaden the scope of the death penalty. One draft bill also suggests the withdrawal of Peru ...

Urgent Action       AMR 46/024/2006

Pakistan: Further information on imminent Execution / Unfair trial ...
17 September 2006

Mirza Tahir Hussain is scheduled to be executed on or around 1 October. He had previously been due to be hanged on 3 August. He was sentenced to death for the ...

Urgent Action       ASA 33/034/2006

USA: Justice at last or more of the same?: Detentions and trials ...
17 September 2006

On 29 June 2006, the United States Supreme Court concluded that the military commissions as constituted under the Military Order were unlawful. Amnesty ...

Report       AMR 51/146/2006

Iran : Further information on death penalty/unfair trial, Khaled ...
13 September 2006

Khaled Hardani is reported to be at risk of imminent execution. He was sentenced to death for his part in the January 2001 attempted hijacking of a 30-seater passenger ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/102/2006