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United Arab Emirates (Dubai): Further information on death penalty
17 July 1997

Dananjayan Rajankshan, Mulan Kanomal Dayo Anandan and Syam Sunder Saleesha Aamin: The above were executed on 18 July 1997 by firing squad.

Urgent Action       MDE 25/008/1997

United Arab Emirates (Dubai): Further information on death penalty
16 July 1997

Dananjayan Rajankshan, Mulan Kanomal Dayo Anandan and Syam Sunder Saleesha Aamin: The above have reportedly been notified that they will be executed on 18 July ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/007/1997

United Arab Emirates (Dubai): Death penalty
14 July 1997

Dananjayan Rajankshan, Mulan Kanomal Dayo Anandan and Syam Sunder Saleesha Aamin: On 5 July 1997 the Court of Cassation in Dubai rejected the appeal against the ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/006/1997

United Arab Emirates (UAE): Fear of imminent execution: Zad Khan ...
27 April 1997

Zad Khan Shah, a Pakistani national, has reportedly had his death sentence upheld by the Federal Supreme Court in al-'Ain. He was convicted of the murder of an ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/005/1997

United Arab Emirates: Further information on death penalty: John ...
18 February 1997

It now appears that the death sentence against John Aquino, a 33-year-old Filipino worker, was not quashed by the Federal Supreme Court as was reported previously ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/004/1997

United Arab Emirates (UAE): Further information on imminent ...
9 January 1997

Amnesty International has received reports that Elie Dib Ghalib has been deliberately subjected to food deprivation and solitary confinement. Elie Dib Ghalib is ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/002/1997

United Arab Emirates: Further information on death penalty: John ...
9 January 1997

The death sentence against John Aquino, a 33-year-old Filipino worker, was quashed by the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi on 28 December 1996. He will now be ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/001/1997

United Arab Emirates: Imprisonment and flogging for marriage ...
1 January 1997

Elie Dib Ghaleb, a 30-year-old Christian Lebanese national has been sentenced to 39 lashes and one year's imprisonment reportedly solely for having married a Muslim ...

Report       MDE 25/003/1997

United Arab Emirates: Further information on death penalty: John ...
25 November 1996

The ruling on an appeal against the death sentence passed against John Aquino, a 33-year-old Filipino worker, has been postponed until 28 December 1996.

Urgent Action       MDE 25/014/1996

United Arab Emirates (UAE): Further information on imminent ...
18 November 1996

Elie Dib Ghalib's sentence of 39 lashes was not carried out on 16 November 1996 and he is reported to have expressed intent to convert to Islam. Amnesty International ...

Urgent Action       MDE 25/013/1996