With the al-Nashiri rendition case, Europe has a chance to show the world that its human rights charter means what it says.
Posts Tagged “death penalty”
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Posted in: Europe, Justice, Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, CIA, death penalty, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo, Khaled El-Masri, National Security & Counterterrorism, osama bin laden, Poland, Stare Kiejkuty, torture, USS Cole
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The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling on the European Court of Human Rights to intervene urgently in the first death penalty case to be tried by U.S. military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Posted in: Europe, Justice, United States
Topics: Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, al-Nashiri, Amrit Singh, CIA, death penalty, European Court of Human Rights, extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo, human rights, Jonathan Birchall, Lithuania, National Security & Counterterrorism, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, torture, USS Cole
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John Thompson spent 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Now the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled there is no accountability for the prosecutors who covered up evidence and nearly got him executed.
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Illinois governor Pat Quinn has signed legislation making his the 16th U.S. state to end the death penalty. We can expect to see more states joining those ranks.
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The Supreme Court has issued an important ruling in favor of those who seek nothing more than a chance to use modern DNA testing to prove their innocence.
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While many countries use UN World Drug Day as an occasion to persecute--and even execute--drug users, some organizations took the opportunity to emphasize the need for honest debate about drugs and for policies which seek to treat, not punish.
Posted in: Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Rights & Equality
Topics: Alexandra Kirby, Brazil, China, death penalty, drug policy, drug treatment, harm reduction, Iran, Vietnam