Belize

Human Rights in Belize

Summit of the Americas fails to address human rights | Amnesty ...
20 April 2009

TheDeclaration of Commitment of Port of Spain fails to lay out a clear human rights framework forprogress in the areas of human prosperity, energy security and

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Amnesty International puts human rights on Americas Summit agenda ...
16 April 2009

An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas.

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Growing calls for end to executions at UN | Amnesty International
18 December 2008

Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a secondresolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at theUnited Nations on T.

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Belize: Death penalty, treatment of refugees and justice for ...
4 December 2002

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 16/004/2002 (Public). News Service No: 224. 4 December 2002. Belize: Death penalty ...

Press Release       AMR 16/004/2002

Belize: Proposal for return to practise of death penalty.
11 September 2002

In a claim to be "addressing" the issue of violent crime via the resumption of executions, on 6 September the Prime Minister of Belize, Said Musa, brought before ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/003/2002

Belize: Alarming step backwards in the eradication of death ...
26 July 2002

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 16/001/2002 (Public). News Service No: 130. 26 July 2002. Belize: Alarming step backwards ...

Press Release       AMR 16/001/2002

Belize: Death Penalty, Gilroy "Hooty" Wade, Oscar "Negro" Catzim ...
20 November 2001

The three men named above were sentenced to death on 6 November. They had been convicted of the murder of Oswin White, aged 21, who was shot dead on 2 July 2000 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/002/2001

Belize: Death Penalty, Michael Anthony Hendrix ("Steven Smith")
1 November 2001

Michael Anthony Hendrix, also known as Steven Smith, was sentenced to death on 25 October. If his execution is carried out, it would be the first in Belize since ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/001/2001

Belize: Fear of Flogging: Estevan Sho
26 September 2000

An inmate of Hattieville Prison is reportedly facing 10 lashes with a whip. Such corporal punishment contravenes the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, ...

Urgent Action       AMR 16/005/2000