Dec. 14
BELARUS:
Authorities Reluctant To Smother Their Own Voice
The continued existence of the death penalty in the country remains a principle
position of the Belarusian dictator.
Belarus is on the verge of abolishing the death penalty. Former Chairman of the
Constitutional Court
Aug. 19
ETHIOPIA:
Family of Briish citizen 'rendered' to Ethiopia calls for his release
The family of a British citizen kidnapped and rendered to Ethiopia in June has
called on the British government to secure his release as soon as possible.
Andargachew 'Andy' Tsege, a father of thre
Sept. 19
IRANexecutions
2 Prisoners Hanged in Northern Iran- 1 Hanged Publicly
2 prisoners were hanged in Tonekabon (northern Iran) today Thursday September
19, reported Iranian state media.
According to the Iranian state broadcasting one of the prisoners was hanged in
the Shirou
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
9 February 2009
UA 32/09 Fear of imminent execution
IRAQSeven people, names not known
According to the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council's website, seven people
under sentence of death had their sentences upheld by the Cassation Cou
Sept. 3
IRANexecution
A prisoner hanged in Semnan
The mullahs' inhuman regime hanged a prisoner without naming him in the
northeastern city of Semnan, the state-run daily Qods reported on Tuesday.
It also sentenced another prisoner to death identified as Mohammad-Hossein
in the holy
September 2
IRAQ:
News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International
AI Index: MDE 14/031/2005 2 September 2005
Iraq: First judicial executions in post Saddam Hussain era "a deeply
retrograde step"
Amnesty International today strongly deplored the hangings yeste