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Dec 9 2005 12:00am
USA: Governor Schwarzenegger should halt execution of Stanley 'Tookie' Williams
Former gang leader Stanley Williams is scheduled to be executed in the...
Dec 1 2005 12:00am
UK/USA: Kenny Richey case disappointment at Supreme Court decision
Mr Richey was convicted of arson and murder in the state of Ohio in 19...
Sep 6 2005 12:00am
India: Amnesty calls on India to abolish the death penalty ahead of summit meeting in New Delhi
In the lead-up to the summit Amnesty International has sent a briefing...
Aug 25 2005 12:00am
Iran: Two teenagers face execution in defiance of international law
The boys - Mostafa (surname unknown), a student, aged, 16, and Sina (s...
May 17 2005 12:00am
Uzbekistan: New clampdown fears as independent investigation urged
The investigation's results should be made public and those responsibl...
May 16 2005 12:00am
Uzbekistan: Human rights briefing
Human rights record Amnesty International has criticised the Uzbek aut...
Apr 28 2005 12:00am
Yemen: Young mother faces execution for crime committed when 16
Amina Ali Abdulatif only escaped the firing squad in 2002 because the ...
Apr 18 2005 12:00am
USA: Kenny Richey case – News that successful appeal not set aside welcomed
Mr Richey won an appeal against his sentence in January this year. The...
Apr 7 2005 12:00am
New report shows world executions at second-highest level in 25 years
The new report - The death penalty worldwide: developments in 2004 - s...
Mar 1 2005 12:00am
USA: US Supreme Court bans child executions - ruling welcomed by Amnesty International
Kate Allen continued:"The death penalty does nothing to deter crime an...