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USA (South Dakota): Further information on Death penalty / Legal ...
13 July 2007

Elijah Page, white, aged 25, was executed in South Dakota shortly after 10pm local time on 11 July, in that state's first execution since April 1947. He had been ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/120/2007

USA: Abandon military commissions, close Guant namo
4 July 2007

For more than five years, Amnesty International has been calling for fair trials or release of the detainees held at the Guant namo detention facility, while opposing ...

Report       AMR 51/118/2007

Two Thousand days of Guant namo (Web Text)
4 July 2007

On 4 July, the USA celebrates its Declaration of Independence. Ironically, this day also marks 2000 days since the first transfer of "war on terror" detainees to ...

Report       AMR 51/115/2007

USA (Georgia): Death penalty / Legal concern: Troy Anthony Davis ...
3 July 2007

Troy Davis, black, aged 38, is scheduled to be executed in Georgia at 7pm local time on 17 July. He has been on death row for more than 15 years for the murder ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/116/2007

USA: New York Police Department - Serious allegations of abuse of ...
1 July 2007

This update considers that the allegations of police abuses made by Christina Sforza and Mariah Lopez are consistent with the findings of Amnesty International's ...

Report       AMR 51/117/2007

Death Penalty News: July 2007
1 July 2007

1.) Execution rate falls in 2006 as pressure grows for a universal moratorium; 2.) Rwanda abolishes the death penalty; 3.) Stop press: Abolitionist and retentionist ...

Newsletter       ACT 53/001/2007

USA: Supreme Court tightens standard on 'competence' for execution
29 June 2007

In a 5-4 decision issued on 28 June 2007, the United States Supreme Court blocked the execution of Scott Panetti, a Texas death row inmate who suffers from severe ...

Report       AMR 51/114/2007

Japan: Amnesty International welcomes US congressional committee ...
28 June 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: ASA 22/008/2007 (Public). News Service No: 123. 28 June 2007. Japan: Amnesty International ...

Press Release       ASA 22/008/2007

USA (Texas): Further information on death penalty: Patrick Bryan ...
27 June 2007

Patrick Knight, white, aged 39, was executed in Texas on 26 June. He was sentenced to death in Randall County in 1993 for the murder of Mary Ann and Walter Werner ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/113/2007

USA: Fear of forcible return/Health concern
26 June 2007

Omar Mohammed Khalifa, aged about 36, and a number of other Libyan nationals in US custody in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are feared to be at risk of forcible transfer ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/112/2007