Two prisoners of war face imminent execution in Armenia after being convicted of murder. They were reportedly among a group of eight tried in Yerevan in proceedings ...
1. Lebanon: AI appeals against first execution for eleven years; 2. Armenia: Azerbaydzhani prisoners of war killed in "execution-type shootings"; 3. Move to ...
1. Tunisia: Actions must speak louder than words; 2. USA: Letter to USA asks Clinton to put an end to all executions; 3. Brazil: "Candelaria massacre"; 4. China ...
1. Bolivia: Former president guilty of genocide. 2. Sudan: Hundreds massacred in revenge attack. 3. Turkey: Police torture villagers in sub- zero conditions. 4. ...
This paper focuses on the practice of hostage taking which is taking place in the conflict over Karabakh between Azerbaydzhan and Armenia. Hostage taking is prohibited ...
1. Pakistan: Nineteen executions since April 1992; 2. AI urges Peru not to extend the death penalty; 3. Libya: Resumption of executions; 4. Bangladesh: Extension ...
Sevak Yedigaryan, Vagarsh Ovanyan and Zaven Sargsyan were all sentenced to death in different trials during 1990; two had been convicted of rape and murder and ...
1. Switzerland: Total abolition of the death penalty approved by Parliament. 2. European Parliament calls for action against death penalty. 3. Georgia: Restoration ...
This document is a survey of progress towards complete abolition of the death penalty in Europe. It gives a chronology of moves towards abolition from 1947 to 1991 ...
