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USA: Further information: Ohio Governor commutes death sentence ...
3 September 2010

Kevin Keith's death sentence was commuted on 2 September by the Governor of Ohio to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He had been scheduled to ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/079/2010

Mexico: Further information: Mexican activist freed but then ...
2 September 2010

Mexican Indigenous rights activist and prisoner of conscience Raúl Hernández was released on 27 August after more than two years in prison. However, in the days ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/064/2010

Suggested recommendations to States considered in the ninth round ...
1 September 2010

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various States about the ratification of international human rights standards ...

Document       IOR 41/023/2010

Amnistía Internacional Revista. Septiembre-Octubre 2010. Num. 104
1 September 2010

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Newsletter       NWS 23/004/2010

Make our rights law: Enforce economic, social and cultural rights
31 August 2010

Economic, social and cultural rights are enshrined in the universal Declaration of Human rights and in various treaties, including the International Covenant on ...

Document       ACT 35/002/2010

Mexico: Amnesty International welcomes the release of prisoner of ...
31 August 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI index: AMR 41/063/2010. 31 August 2010 Mexico: Amnesty International welcomes the release ...

Public Statement       AMR 41/063/2010

USA: Less than 'ironclad', less than safe: Federal court ruling ...
27 August 2010

If a state's case against a condemned prisoner is not “ironclad”, should not that fact trouble those pursuing his execution? This is a question that should be asked ...

Document       AMR 51/077/2010

Mexico: Labour rights activists at risk in Mexico
27 August 2010

Armed men have assaulted and threatened independent trade unionists Cándido Corona Barruecos and Virgilio Meléndez Montiel at the factory where they work, in the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/061/2010

USA: Execution scheduled in Washington State: Cal Brown
27 August 2010

Cal Brown, a 52-year-old man, is scheduled to be executed in Washington State, USA, on 10 September after over 16 years on death row. This would be the state's ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/078/2010

Nicaragua: Amnesty International Briefing on Nicaragua to the ...
26 August 2010

In this briefing, Amnesty International conveys information and concerns regarding the problem of rape and sexual abuse in Nicaragua, in particular regarding how ...

Report       AMR 43/004/2010