Barbados

Human Rights in Barbados

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Annual Reports

Barbados: Imminent Execution
19 September 2004

Lennox Boyce and Jeffrey Joseph, who had their death warrants read to them on 15 September, are believed to be at imminent risk of execution. If the sentences are ...

Urgent Action AMR 15/001/2004

The Death Penalty Worldwide: Developments in 2002.
10 April 2003

This paper covers significant events concerning the death penalty during the year 2002. Other subjects covered in this paper include significant judicial decisions ...

Report ACT 50/002/2003

Barbados: Proposal for return to practise of death penalty
12 September 2002

The government of Barbados is currently attempting to alter the country's constitution in an attempt to facilitate the resumption of executions.

Urgent Action AMR 15/006/2002

Barbados: Amnesty International open letter on the death penalty
26 August 2002

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Media Advisory. AI Index: AMR 15/004/2002 (Public). News Service No: 150. 27 August 2002. Barbados: Amnesty International ...

Press Release AMR 15/004/2002

Barbados: Open letter to the Attorney General and the people of ...
26 August 2002

In this open letter to the Attorney General and people of Barbados, the Secretary General, Irene Khan, expresses Amnesty International's concern that the Government ...

Report AMR 15/005/2002

Barbados:Fear of imminent execution/Legal Concern
27 June 2002

Michael McDonald Huggins, Frederick Benjamin Atkins, Lennox Ricardo Boyce, Jeffrey Joseph are scheduled to be executed by hanging on 2 July. Their appeals for clemency ...

Urgent Action AMR 15/001/2002