Algeria: Further information: Death penalty / reports of ill-treatment: Rashid Bouhouche, Abdennour Laras, Tahar Lyazed, Moussa Djebbare
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Tunisia: Further information: Fear of torture in prolonged incommunicado detention: Sadiq Shourou, Mohammed Moncef Al Triqi, Abdelaziz Al Buzouadi, Mohammed Ben Salem
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Central African Republic: Further information: Legal concern: Thomas Koazo, General Thimothee Malendoma, Godefroy Mokamanede, Tobie N’Garagba, Simon Sakebede and others
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Central African Republic: Further information: Legal concern
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Brazil: Further information: Death threats: Joao Lucas da Silva, Cicero da Silva, Jose Cicero da Silva, Maria Aparecida Pedrosa
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Brazil: fear of extrajudicial execution / death threats: Jose Alves de Souza, Antonio Fernandes Pereira, Isaias Mendoca Araujo
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Guatemala: Further information: Attempted abduction and (new concern) threats: Axel Mejia
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USA: The Death Penalty in the United States of America: Developments from 1 September 1989 to 31 December 1990
This document updates statistical and other information given in Amnesty International’s earlier papers about the death penalty in the USA. It provides information on executions and other developments in the use of the death penalty in the USA for the period 1 September 1989 to 31 December 1990.
Amnesty International Newsletter April 1991, Volume XXI, Number 4
Mali, China, AI mission: India, Focus: Morocco; Egypt, Djibouti, Tunisia, Cuba, Israel: Dr Sari Nusseibeh, USSR, Cameroon, Guatemala ; Cases: Ma Theingee – Myanmar, Kenneth Matiba – Kenya, Leonidas Tsaousis – Greece
Death Penalty News: April 1991
1. Death sentences and executions in 1990. 2. USSR releases death penalty statistics. 3. International treaties. 4. Moves towards abolition: Yugoslavia, Poland, Greece. 5. Commutation and stays in USA, Jamaica. 6. Attempts to reintroduce the death penalty: Brazil, Philippines, Israel. 7. USSR:...
Philippines: Harassment of human rights lawyer: Attorney Romeo Capulong
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Peru: Supreme Court annuls habeas corpus on “disappeared” student; bomb attack on the family lawyer
This document reports AI’s concern about the “disappearance” of Ernesto Castillo Paez, a 22-year-old sociology student at the Catholic University of Lima. He was detained by police on 21 October 1990 and has not been seen since. Police authorities deny knowledge of his detention. At the request of...