This report seeks to answer the arguments put forward by the proponents of capital punishment in the English Speaking Caribbean and examines the shortcomings in the administration of the death penalty in the region. The paper primarily focuses on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the two countries...

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1. Israel: Possible prisoner of conscience held in isolation; 2. Burundi: Torture and detention without trial of possible prisoners of conscience; 3. Guyana: Death in custody and reported torture of witness.

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This document looks at the recent steps taken by Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana to withdraw from human rights treaties, particularly from those articles relating to the implementation of the death penalty.

Amnesty International is concerned that Abdool Saleem Yasseen and Noel Thomas may be imminently hanged despite the fact that the Human Rights Committee has found that they did not receive a fair trial and recommended that they be released.

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This document looks at the recent steps taken by Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana to withdraw from human rights treaties, particularly from those articles relating to the implementation of the death penalty.

1. Total abolition in Bulgaria, Canada, Lithuania; 2. Sierra Leone – 24 soldiers executed by firing squad; 3. Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan – moratoria declared; 4. Pope calls for abolition; 5. USA: Conference on wrongful convictions; 6. Developments in the English-speaking Caribbean; Bahamas: two men...

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