Ten years ago, on 19 December 2008, the authorities of Saint Kitts and Nevis carried out what was to become the last execution in the Americas, outside the USA. This anniversary, which follows on from the observance on 2 November of 25 years since a key judicial decision that put a brake on the...

This document contains Amnesty International’s suggested recommendations for the 14 states – Antigua and Barbuda, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago that are coming up for...

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of different states about ratification of international human rights standards, domestic legislation and human rights violations. The abuses considered include administrative detention, refoulement, forced eviction,...

1. Pakistan: 14-year-old boy acquitted (Salamat Masih); 2. Abolitionist and retentionist countries; 3. Papua New Guinea: First death sentence; 4. South Africa: Hearing of the South African Constitutional Court case “In the matter between Themba Makwanyane, Mavusa Mchunu and the State”; 5. USA...

1. South Africa: Amnesty International sends international expert. 2. St Vincent and the Grenadines: Amnesty International condemns yesterday’s executions of three prisoners and calls for a halt to further executions.