URGENT ACTION APPEAL 20 October 2011 UA 308/11 USA (Oregon) The first execution in Oregon since 1997, and only the third in this US state since 1962, looks set to be scheduled for 6 December. Questions remain about the mental competence of the condemned prisoner, who has chosen to give up his appeals against his [...]
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Urgent Action – First Oregon Execution in 14 Years Looming
Posted in Death penalty, Urgent Action, USA, tagged online action, Oregon on October 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Urgent Action – Troy Davis (Imminent execution)
Posted in Death penalty, Urgent Action, USA, tagged Troy Davis on April 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
URGENT ACTION APPEAL 12 April 2011 UA 110/11- Imminent execution USA – Troy Davis Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis is facing the possibility of his fourth execution date in four years after the US Supreme Court dismissed his appeal on 28 March. Doubts persist about his guilt in the crime for which he was [...]
Urgent Action – Mine activists beaten and threatened (Guatemala)
Posted in Guatemala, Urgent Action on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
3 March 2011 UA 57/11 – Fear for Safety Guatemala – Protesters against the Marlin Mine including Miguel Bámaca (m), Aniceto López (m) On 28 February, protesters against the Marlin Mine in south-western Guatemala were attacked. One protester, Aniceto López, was taken to the office of the local mayor, where he was allegedly beaten and [...]
Urgent Action – Indigenous leader and wife shot dead (Mexico)
Posted in Mexico, Urgent Action on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
25 May 2010 Further information on UA 110/10 (10 May 2010) – Fear for safety (PDF) MEXICO – Community of San Juan Copala On 20 May, indigenous leader, Timoteo Alejandro Ramírez, and his wife, Cleriberta Castro Aguilar, were shot dead in their home in Yosoyuxi community, part of the “autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala” [...]
Update on Urgent Action – Ilham Tohti (China)
Posted in China, Urgent Action, tagged Uighurs on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
28 August 2009 Further Information on UA 194/09 (20 July 2009) – Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture CHINA – Ilham Tohti (m) Ilham Tohti, editor of the website “Uighur Online” and associate economics professor at Central Nationalities University, was released on 23 August 2009 in Beijing, China’s capital. However, he remains under surveillance. Ilham Tohti was [...]
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