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  1. Manuel Valle

    Key figure in Florida clemency process promises to see Manuel Valle dead

    on 06 September 2011

    Cuban national Manuel Valle, who is currently facing execution in Florida, has been granted a further two day stay to allow consideration of the issue of clemency, following a last minute appeal by his lawyers. However, concerns have been raised that any hearing he does receive may have already been hopelessly prejudiced in the light of comments from the Florida Attorney General’s office.

  2. Generic Front page - Hands through bars colour

    Reprieve calls on medical professional to help debunk the myth of 'humane' executions by lethal injection

    on 01 September 2011

    Reprieve calls on medical professionals to help debunk the myth of 'humane' executions by lethal injection

  3. Rendition Plane N379P

    Huge stash of rendition documents reveal how the CIA covered its tracks

    on 31 August 2011

    A trove of new information about the international renditions business has today been unveiled by legal action charity Reprieve.

  4. Manuel Valle

    UK Parliamentarians join EU and Catholic Church in opposing Manuel Valle execution

    on 26 August 2011

    British Members of Parliament have today joined the European Union and Catholic bishops in calls to stop the execution of Cuban national Manuel Valle from going ahead in Florida on September 6.

  5. Manuel Valle

    Human rights watchdog urges US to halt execution of Cuban Manuel Valle

    on 23 August 2011

    The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has urged the US to prevent the impending execution of Manuel Valle in Florida from going ahead.

  6. Manuel Valle

    Virginia to carry out experimental execution with new drug today, Florida set to follow suit

    on 18 August 2011

    Today Virginia is set to execute for the first time using an untested new lethal injection drug, in a move which could soon be followed by Florida unless the state’s Supreme Court overturns the ruling of a lower court.

  7. Manuel Valle

    Cuban citizen Manuel Valle appeals to Florida Supreme Court after circuit judge refuses to hear journalists’ evidence on faulty execution drugs

    on 15 August 2011

    Florida’s plan to carry out an ‘experimental’ execution using discredited new drugs is set to be challenged in the state Supreme Court.

  8. Avram Nika

    Serbian Government fights to prevent execution of Serbian citizen by Nevada, USA, in historic first intervention in a death penalty case

    on 12 August 2011

    The Government of Serbia has this week appealed to a US court to spare the life of one of its citizens, Avram Nika, currently facing execution in Nevada.

  9. Manuel Valle

    El Gobierno Español debe actuar para parar la ejecución de Manuel Valle, a quien el estado de Florida le ha negado clemencia.

    on 12 August 2011

    Se ha solicitado la intervención urgente de España en el caso de un ciudadano de posible nacionalidad española quien tendrá que enfrentarse en menos de un mes a la pena de muerte en Florida, ya que se le ha sido negada por proceso.

  10. Manuel Valle

    Spanish Government must act to stop execution of Manuel Valle, denied clemency by Florida

    on 12 August 2011

    Spain is being urged to intervene in the case of a possible Spanish national who is facing the death penalty in Florida in less than a month, having been denied due process.

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