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Guyana: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Eighth ...
9 November 2009

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic ...

Report       AMR 35/001/2009

Iran: Kurdish man faces execution on 11 November 2009
9 November 2009

Ehsan (Esma’il) Fattahian, a male member of Iran’s Kurdish minority, is scheduled to be executed in the province of Kordestan, northwestern Iran, on 11 November ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/119/2009

USA: Further information: Twentieth execution of the year in Texas
6 November 2009

Khristian Oliver was executed in the US state of Texas on the evening of 5 November. He was sentenced to death in 1999 for the murder of Joe Collins committed during ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/114/2009

Saudi Arabia: Turkish man at risk of beheading
6 November 2009

A 29-year-old Turkish man, Ali Agirdas, is at imminent risk of beheading in Saudi Arabia. His sentence is being considered by the Supreme Judicial Council, which ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/033/2009

China: Further information: Two Tibetan men executed
6 November 2009

Losang Gyaltse and Loyar were executed during October.

Urgent Action       ASA 17/062/2009

Background: Foreign nationals on death row in Saudi Arabia ...
6 November 2009

Amnesty International is aware of at least 137 people currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, of which 106 are foreign nationals. The true figures are believed ...

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Indonesia: Open letter about the Islamic Criminal Code in ACEH
5 November 2009

In this open letter Amnesty International raises recent concerns regarding a new Indonesian bylaw in Aceh, the Islamic Criminal Code (Qanun Hukum Jinayat), which ...

Document       ASA 21/021/2009

Saudi Arabia executes three more foreign nationals | Amnesty ...
5 November 2009

Amnesty International has strongly condemned the beheading of two Sri Lankan nationals and one Indian national in the city of Jeddah this week.

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Singapore: Malaysian man facing execution in Singapore
3 November 2009

Yong Vui Kong was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in January 2009. He had exhausted his appeals by October, and can now escape execution only if the president ...

Document       ASA 36/004/2009

Yemen: Stop executions in Yemen!
3 November 2009

Five men under sentence of death in Yemen could be executed as early as 11 November. They have exhausted all their appeals, and their death sentences have been ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/016/2009