Executing MedellÃn: The International Confrontation of Fair Legal Treatment of Foreign Nationals Abroad
According to Texas authorities, Mexican national José Ernesto MedellÃn Rojas has exhausted all available legal remedies and will be executed by lethal injection after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 for his role in two murders fifteen years ago. His planned execution brazenly defies the July 16, 2008 order by the International Court of […]
Read More →Call for Nominations: Human Rights Defenders Award
Nominations are being accepted for a 2008 Human Rights Defenders award with a deadline of August 31, 2008. Nominees must be individuals, not organizations, who promote and protect human rights and who have faced, are currently facing, or are at risk of facing negative consequences as a result of their work. Award recipients will receive […]
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