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Liberia: President must veto death penalty bill | Amnesty ...
18 July 2008

Following the confirmation by the Liberian Senate of a bill re-proposing the death penalty for certain crimes, Amnesty International called on President Ellen Johnson ...

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President of Sudan could face arrest over Darfur war crimes ...
18 July 2008

Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has applied for the issuance of an arrest warrant against Omar El Bashir for 10 counts of genocide, crimes againsthumanity and ...

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ICC in difficulty ten years after the Rome Statute | Amnesty ...
17 July 2008

Thursday 17 July marks the tenth anniversary of the Rome Statute, the treaty that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court.

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Olympics promises for human rights – the China Debate | Amnesty ...
17 July 2008

Amnesty International has launched a new website for people to havetheir say about the human rights situation in China in the countdown tothe Beijing Olympics.

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USA (Texas): Death penalty / Legal concern: José Ernesto ...
17 July 2008

Mexican national José Medellín is due to be executed in Texas on 5 August 2008. He was sentenced to death in 1994 for his part in the murders of two girls, 14-year ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/081/2008

USA (Mississippi): Death penalty / Legal concern: Dale Leo Bishop ...
17 July 2008

Dale Bishop is scheduled to be executed in Mississippi at 6pm local time on 23 July. He was sentenced to death in February 2000 for the murder of Marcus Gentry ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/080/2008

Venezuela: "The law is there, let's use it" Ending domestic ...
16 July 2008

The introduction in 2007 of the Organic law on the right of women to a life free of violence has helped strengthen women’s access to their human rights in Venezuela ...

Report       AMR 53/001/2008

USA (Oklahoma): Further information on Death penalty: Kevin Young ...
16 July 2008

On 15 July, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry granted a 30-day stay of execution to Kevin Young in order to review the clemency recommendation made by the state Pardon ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/079/2008

Laos: Official moratorium on the death penalty – an opportunity ...
16 July 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index number: ASA 26/001/2008. 16 July 2008. Official moratorium on the death penalty – an opportunity for Laos. ...

Document       ASA 26/001/2008

Venezuela: Ending domestic violence in Venezuela (summary report)
16 July 2008

This document is a summary of the report at AMR 53/001/2008. The introduction in 2007 of the Organic law on the right of women to a life free of violence has helped ...

Report       AMR 53/002/2008