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USA: Texas execution would violate international court ruling

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Headline Title: USA: Texas execution would violate international court ruling 17 January 2014 The Texas authorities must halt the execution of Mexican national Edgar Arias Tamayo, set to take place on 22 January, which would violate an international court order, Amnesty International said today.“Texas has been shamefully insistent in scheduling this execution in the full knowledge that to carry it out will violate international law,” said Rob Freer, Amnesty International’s researcher on the USA.Edgar Arias Tamayo was sentenced to death for the murder of a Houston police officer in…

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