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José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA’s international legal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to be stopped.

Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement in response to today?s verdict in the first military commissions trial at Guantanamo Bay in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan:

Amnesty International welcomed the announcement by the spokesperson for Iran?s judiciary that execution by stoning has been suspended, as a result of which several women have had their sentences commuted.

Matthew Pollard, Amnesty International's legal advisor, describes the Guantánamo hearings and discusses the reasons for his being in Guantánamo.

Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni national, has been convicted by a panel of sixUS military officers of "providing material support for terrorism", butacquitted of "conspiracy".