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Maldives: Authorities must halt first execution in more than 60 yearsPress release 20 Jul 2017
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Malaysia: Bangladeshi human rights activist detained at airportPress release 20 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action update: Juvenille offender's death sentence upheld in Saudi Arabia
An appeal court has upheld the death sentence against Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, a Shi’a man who was convicted of offences committed when he was 16 years old. The court appears to have based its sentence on forced “confessions”.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: In Singapore, Malaysian man hanged in hurried, secretive manner
Prabagaran Srivijayan, a Malaysian national was executed at dawn on 14 July 2017 at Changi Prison, in Singapore. Contrary to international standards, he was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2012 for a drug related offence.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabian man executed
Yussuf al-Mushaikhass was executed on 11 July without the family being informed. His death sentence was handed down following a grossly unfair trial at Saudi Arabia’s counter-terror court.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Aliaksei Mikhalenya at risk of imminent execution in Belarus
Aliaksei Mikhalenya was sentenced to death by the Homel Regional Court, in southeast Belarus, on 17 March. His sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court on 30 June and he is now at risk of imminent execution.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Japan: Two men hanged as 'cruel and inhumane' executions continuePress release 13 Jul 2017
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Urgent Action update: Singapore sets execution of Malaysian man
The family of Prabagaran Srivijayan, a Malaysian national, have been informed that his execution has been scheduled in Singapore for 14 July 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: William Morva executed in Virginia
William Morva, a 35-year-old US-Hungarian national who had been diagnosed with delusional disorder, was executed in Virginia on 6 July.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Spiritual teacher at risk of death penalty again in Iran
Iranian spiritual teacher Mohammad Ali Taheri is awaiting his second hearing due to take place in July. The authorities are prosecuting him for “spreading corruption on earth”.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Nigerian at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia
Nigerian national Suliamon Olufemi remains at risk of execution in Saudi Arabia. On 19 April, 11 of his co-defendants were released from prison and deported to Nigeria, having completed their 15-year sentences.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Saudi Arabian at risk of imminent execution
Saudi Arabian Said Mabkhout al-Sai’ari is at risk of imminent execution. He was sentenced to death after an unfair trial, he exhausted all his appeals and is likely to be executed anytime after 2 July.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Delusional disorder diagnosed, execution set in USA
William Morva, a 35-year-old US-Hungarian national, is due to be executed in Virginia on 6 July. A psychiatrist has diagnosed him with delusional disorder, and concluded that this contributed to the crimes for which he was sentenced to death.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Robert Melson executed in Alabama
Robert Melson was executed in Alabama late on 8 June after the US Supreme Court lifted a temporary stay it had imposed a few hours earlier. It was the second execution in Alabama in two weeks.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Execution set in circumstantial Alabama case
Robert Melson is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on 8 June. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death in May 1996 for three murders during a robbery in 1994.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Thomas Arthur executed in Alabama, USAThomas Arthur, aged 75, was executed in Alabama late on 25 May. It was his eighth execution date since 2001, three times coming within a day of being killed. This time, the US Supreme Court lifted a stay shortly before the death warrant was due to expire.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Former government official executed in China
Zhao Liping was executed on 26 May 2017 following the approval by the Supreme People’s Court of his death sentence with immediate execution. The decision was made despite serious concerns about whether he had received a fair trial and allegations that…
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Two men hanged in secretive executions in Malaysia
Yong Kar Mun was executed at 5.30 am on 24 May 2017 at Sungai Buloh Prison in Selangor, Malaysia.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender in Sudan facing death penalty
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is now facing six charges two of which may result in the death penalty or life imprisonment if he is convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Torture fears for activist sentenced to death in China
Veteran activist Xu Youchen has testified at his appeal that police had tortured him to obtain the evidence used to convict and sentence him to death in December 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017
