Errol Reid, an eyewitness to the killing of a street vendor by Jamaican police, has received over twenty death threats. Amnesty International fears that these threats are part of a deliberate strategy to prevent him from testifying at the inquest into the killing of the vendor, Basil Brown, in...

Curtis Greenwood and Jeffrey James are detained without charge, incommunicado, in Spanish Town Police Station and are at risk of ill-treatment and torture. Amnesty International is extremely concerned for their safety. Police detained them after killing another resident of the Morgan’s Lane...

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of “Zepheniah” and the community of Burnt Savannah following the alleged extrajudicial execution of three men by members of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) on 2 March.

On 23 December, after eight and a half hours of deliberation over two days, a Virginia jury voted that Lee Malvo should be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, rather than death.

At a trial scheduled to begin on 10 November in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the prosecution is intending to seek a death sentence against Lee Boyd Malvo for a murder he is alleged to have committed when he was 17 years old. International law, binding on all countries, prohibits the use of the...

The community of Crawle in Clarendon, Jamaica have complained of police harassment and threats following what appear to be the extrajudicial execution of Kirk Gordon, Matthew James, Angela Richards, and Lewena Thompson on 7 May.

Andre West was released without charge on 23 December 2002 from Constant Spring Police Station, Kingston. He had been detained without charge since 8 December.

Sixteen year old Andre West, has been detained without charge since 8 December. He is being held in Constant Spring Police Station, Kingston in conditions amounting to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

Amnesty International is seriously concerned about the possible imminent resumption of hanging in Jamaica, following attempts by the Prime Minister to enlist the support of the opposition in drafting amendments to the law.

Six Haitian nationals, previously facing forced return from Jamaica to Haiti, have been granted access to legal advice and representation. Their claims of asylum are currently being adjudicated in what appears to be an adequate and fair process.

Six Haitian nationals, understood to be seeking political asylum, are at risk of being forcibly returned to Haiti without proper examination of their asylum claims. If returned, their lives may be in danger.

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of the family of Janice Allen following continued death threats and intimidation from the police. The threats have increased since the Director of Public Prosecutions ruled in May 2001 that a police officer should be charged with murder in...