http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/2039/1908 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA22/010/2008/en Death row prisoner Makino Tadashi has just had his latest appeal for clemency rejected on 30 September 2008, and is at imminent risk of execution. He was sentenced to death in 1990 for murdering one woman and injuring two others. He is held in Fukuoka Detention Centre. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS22/002/2008/en 1) Japan: Forty years on death row 2) Nigeria: Indefinite detention 3) Saudi Arabia: Executions and floggings may be imminent 4) Turkey: Activist in police shooting 5) USA: Prisoners' wives refused visits Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/094/2008/en Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/108/2008/en Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/stay-execution-troy-davis-20080924 Troy Davis received a stay of execution on Tuesday less than two hoursbefore he was due to be put to death by lethal injection in Georgia. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/143/2008/en On 14 September 2008, a woman known only as “Zahra” had her death sentence, for the murder of her husband, sent to the Office for Implementation of Sentences in Tehran to implement the sentence. She is at imminent risk of execution. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/106/2008/en On 23 September 2008, the US Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Troy Davis, less than two hours before he was to be put to death in Georgia. He has been on death row for 17 years for a murder he maintains he did not commit. The stay of execution issued by the US Supreme Court will remain in force w Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/138/2008/en Mahmoud Matin and Arash Basirat have been formally charged with apostasy, which on conviction can carry the death sentence. Their lawyer was initially informed of their charge in early August 2008. They are prisoners of conscience, held solely for their religious beliefs. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/105/2008/en Jack Alderman was executed in Georgia on the 16 September. He was sentenced to death in June 1975 for the murder of his wife, Barbara Jean Alderman, in 1974. He had been on death row for more than 30 years. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/103/2008/en On 12 September 2008, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to deny clemency to Troy Davis. He remains scheduled to be executed at 7pm local time on 23 September. He has been on death row for 17 years for a murder he maintains he did not commit. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International