April 10
CHINA:
Shadow Banks on Trial as China’s Rich Sister Faces Death
When a Chinese court sentenced 28- year-old Wu Ying, known as “Rich Sister,” to
death for taking $55.7 million from investors without paying them back, it
sparked an unexpected firestorm that has drawn in China’s
April 10
IDAHO:
4 death row inmates sue over Idaho's newest lethal injection procedures
4 inmates on Idaho's death row are suing the state, contending Idaho's new
execution procedures give too much power to prison officials, create a risk of
severe pain and would allow unqualified worke
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
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For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF):
http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa10312.pdf
Further information on UA: 103/12 (5 April 2012)
Issue Date: 10 April 2012
Country: Pa
April 10
MALDIVES:
PPM submits amendment to make enforcement of death penalty mandatory
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM)
has proposed an amendment to the Clemency Act (Act no 2/2010) which would make
performing the death penalty mandatory
April 10
GEORGIAimpending execution
Columbus journalist among those witnessing executionGreene Execution Media
Advisory: Inmate’s Last Meal
Condemned murderer Daniel Greene is scheduled for execution by lethal injection
at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Georgia Diagn
April 10
BELARUS:
The authorities of Belarus do not respect the decisions of the United Nations
The authorities of Belarus do not recognize the validity of the decisions of
the UN Human Rights Committee on complaints of Belarusian public activists.
Indicated in the letter from the Offic
April 10
GEORGIAimpending execution
Why Daniel Greene Faces Execution for Taylor County Killing
The Georgia Attorney General's office released the Georgia Supreme Court's
summary of the Daniel Greene case, as the Taylor County Superior court issued
the order for his execution Monda
April 10
New York:
(see attachment announcement)
ALABAMAstay of impending execution
Ala. court delays scheduled execution for Grayson
The scheduled Thursday execution of Alabama death row inmate Cary Dale Grayson
has been delayed by the Alabama Supreme Court.
The Alabama Depar
