http://amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1964 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT53/002/2005/en 1.) USA: Child executions banned; 2.) Mexico abolishes the death penalty; 3.) UN calls abolition "essential" for human rights; 4.) New UN quinquennial report on capital punishment; 5.) List of abolitionist/retentionist countries; 6.) UN expert attacks mandatory death penalty, calls for transparency; 7.) Comm Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR58/005/1995/en An unofficial report states that Vasily Skvortsov was sentenced to death on 9 June 1994 for premeditated, aggravated murder. His appeal has apparently been rejected, which means that his only hope of avoiding execution is to lodge a petition for clemency with the President of Kyrgyzstan. Vasily Skvortsov is Tue, 28 Feb 1995 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/006/2010/es Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR58/007/1997/en Duyshenbek Medetbekov, Ishenbek Medetbekov, Oleg Prokhorets, Vladimir Prokhorets, Rustam Valimukhamedov, Emilbek Chakiyev, Shezyr Sushanlo, Viktor Klochikhin, Adyl Nurayev, Oktyabr Orozbayev: There is concern that the ten men named above were sentenced to death in 1996 for premeditated, aggravated murder. Th Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR58/011/1997/en Thu, 22 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR01/001/2001/en This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International's main concerns in Europe between July and December 2000. It also contains an index of entries on women and children in Europe. Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/007/1994/en 1. Haiti: Shanty-town residents die in mass killings; 2. USA: Governor allows death penalty to be reinstated; 3. Spain: Prisoner hangs himself after beatings; 4. Iraq: Currency speculators executed in response to economic situation; 5. Nigeria: Security forces implicated in violent land disputes; 6. India: V Thu, 30 Jun 1994 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR04/009/2004/en This report provides information and case studies about the abolition of the death penalty in the former Soviet space. Belarus and Uzbekistan are the only countries that still execute prisoners on death row. Of the other newly independent states, nine have now abolished the death penalty and four coun Sun, 03 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR58/005/1997/en Duyshenbek Askarovich Medetbekov, Ishenbek Askarovich Medetbekov: There is concern that these two brothers have been sentenced to death in Kyrgyzstan for murder. Their parents have claimed that they retracted their confessions in the first court session, claiming that they had been beaten in pre-trial detent Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT53/001/1999/en 1.Total abolition in Bulgaria, Canada, Lithuania; 2. Sierra Leone - 24 soldiers executed by firing squad; 3. Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan - moratoria declared; 4. Pope calls for abolition; 5. USA: Conference on wrongful convictions; 6. Developments in the English-speaking Caribbean; Bahamas: two men executed whi Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International