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Theresa May's "Global Britain" - prosperity over peace?The Met police is investigating allegations of war crimes by Saudi Arabia in Yemen. Meanwhile, Theresa May is visiting Saudi Arabia, and her government continues to supply weapons to the country. What kind of messages is our Prime Minister sending out?
Blog post 11 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Texas appeal court blocks execution in USAOn 7 April, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution in the case of Paul Storey, who was scheduled to be put to death on 12 April. The case has been remanded to a lower court for further review of the claim that the prosecution…
Urgent action outcomes 11 Apr 2017 -
The death penalty in 2016: facts and figuresPress release 10 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Legal representation in spotlight as execution set in Arkansas
Ledell Lee, aged 51, is due to be executed in Arkansas on 20 April for a murder committed in 1993. There have been serious concerns about his legal representation.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2017 -
Death penalty report 2016A global look at the state of the death penalty in 2016 - its use, legal issues, regional differences, resumed practices, and continued momentum toward abolition.
Reports and publications 10 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Execution for crime committed at age 20 in USA
Kenneth Williams, aged 38, is due to be executed in Arkansas on 27 April for a murder committed during a prison escape in 1999.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Juror and victim's parents oppose execution in USA
Paul Storey, aged 32, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 12 April. Among those who are calling for clemency are the parents of the man he was convicted of killing in 2006. One of the jurors who voted for the death sentence also opposes the execution.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Bipolar disorder not raised at trial for man set to be executed in USA
Jack Jones, aged 52, is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 24 April for a murder committed in 1995. The jurors who sentenced him to death did not know he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a serious mental disability, shortly before the crime.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Fair trial concern revisited as execution looms in Arkansas, USA
Stacey Johnson, aged 47, is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 20 April for a 1993 murder. Three state Supreme Court Justices argued that he was deprived of a fair trial by being denied access to information regarding the credibility of a key…
Urgent action outcomes 28 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Execution set despite diagnosis of schizophrenia in USA
Bruce Ward is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 17 April. He has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. In custody since 1989, he has been on death row for nearly 25 years. Thirty-two years old at the time of the crime, he is now aged 60.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action correction: Virginia USA execution reset as doubts persistIvan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 25 April. He maintains his innocence of the 2001 murder for which he was sent to death row in 2006.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Brothers hurriedly executed in secretive manner in Malaysia
Despite a pending clemency application before the state’s Pardon Board, brothers Suthar Batumalai and B. Rames Batumalai were executed at dawn on 15 March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three Bahrainis executed by firing squad
On 15 January the Bahraini authorities executed three men by firing squad. Seven others continue to serve life sentences which were upheld by the Court of Cassation on 9 January along with the three death sentences.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Clemency board in USA to hear what jury never did
Marcel Williams, aged 46, is due to be executed in Arkansas on 24 April. The jury never heard any mitigating evidence about his childhood of severe abuse and trauma.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Virginia USA execution reset as doubts persist
Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 25 April. He maintains his innocence of the 2001 murder for which he was sent to death row in 2006.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Kiryl Kazachok at risk of imminent execution in Belarus
Kiryl Kazachok has decided not to appeal the death sentence he was given on 28 December 2016 and is now at risk of imminent execution.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Execution date set for Malaysian brothers
Suthar Batumalai and B. Rames Batumalai are scheduled to be executed on Friday, 24 February 2017. The brothers were convicted of murder in 2010 on the basis of circumstantial evidence and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Sentenced to death based on 'confessions' in Iraq
Brothers Mahmoud Tale’ Nayef and Taleb Tale’ Nayef were sentenced to death by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq on 9 August 2016 based on “confessions” extracted under torture. Taleb Tale’ Nayef remains at risk of further torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Man arrested at 17 faces imminent execution in Iran
The execution of Hamid Ahmadi, an Iranian man arrested when he was just 17 years old, has been rescheduled for 18 February. He continues to be held in solitary confinement in Lakan prison in the city of Rasht, northern Iran, further exacerbating his…
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
UPDATE: Hamid Ahmadi's execution has been stayed!Hamid Ahmadi is facing execution on Saturday 18 February for a crime he was charged with as a teenager - after being tortured in to a 'confession'. Tell Iran: don't execute Hamid Ahmadi.
Blog post 09 Feb 2017
