Amnesty International’s Appeal [Archives:2000/28/Front Page]

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July 10 2000

Amnesty International has recently issued four letters of appeal with regard to three Yemeni citizens sentenced to death by Yemeni courts. The letters were sent by Amnesty International organization’s British section , Amnistia Internacional Unidad Territorial de Madrid, Amnesty International Sektion der Bundesrepublik Deutschland and Karen Arman, member of Amnesty International in France. Yemen Times has received copies of those letters. Both letters from AI British Section and that from Karen Arman of Amnesty International in France dealt with the case of Fuad Ali Mohsen al-Shahari who on 12 November 1996 was found guilty of the premeditated murder of Captain Mohammed al-Ameri and was sentenced to death. Both letters are concerned that proceedings of the trial may have fallen short of international standards for fair trials, asking the accused to be granted a possibility of a new fair trial.
P. Bennets for A.I. Unidad Territorial de Madrid expressed concern that the Yemeni citizen Hammoud Murshid Hassan Ahmed might not have had a fair trial before he was sentenced to death on 23rd August 1995. The letter stressed that Amnesty International is against the death penalty in all cases, in any country.
Dr Wolfgang Rechtien for A.I. German Section sent a letter showing that he was deeply concerned that Abdulla Mohammed Ahmed Shayban,28, who was sentenced to death in 1997, was reported to be at risk of imminent execution. He urges that his death sentence be commuted to more humane punishment.

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