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Urgent Action: Iranian academic could be sentenced to death
Iranian academic specializing in disaster medicine Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, a resident of Sweden detained in Iran since 25 April 2016, has been threatened with the death penalty.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Feb 2017 -
Syria: 13,000 secretly hanged in Saydnaya military prison - shocking new reportPress release 07 Feb 2017
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Iran set to hang third juvenile offender in a monthPress release 02 Feb 2017
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Urgent Action update: Man arrested at 17 faces imminent execution in Iran
Hamid Ahmadi, an Iranian man arrested as a juvenile, is at imminent risk of execution. He has been transferred to solitary confinement in Lakan prison in Rasht, northern Iran, in preparation for his execution on 4 February. He was 17 years old when he…
Urgent action outcomes 31 Jan 2017 -
Kuwait: today's execution of seven people condemnedPress release 25 Jan 2017
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Urgent Action good news: Non-guilty verdict for men sentenced to death in China
After more than 13 years since Huang Zhiqiang, Fang Chunping, Cheng Fagen and Cheng Lihe were originally sentenced to death, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People’s Court has announced a not-guilty verdict.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jan 2017 -
End Action: Execution in Virginia after clemency denied in USA
Ricky Gray was executed in Virginia on the evening of 18 January after the governor denied clemency. He was sentenced to death for the murder of two young children during a burglary in 2006 and to life imprisonment for the murder of their parents.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jan 2017 -
Seven videos to help you talk about the death penaltyShort films and videos can be useful conversation starters for teachers, educators, facilitators or anyone wishing to learn more about human rights. Here are some freely available films about the death penalty.
Further education resources, Film or media, Secondary education resources 19 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Six men at imminent risk of execution in Egypt
Six men submitted their final appeal to the Supreme Military Court in December 2016. The men were sentenced to death by a military court in May 2016, in a case marred by enforced disappearances and torture. If the court rejects their appeal, the men…
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Six men at imminent risk of execution in Egypt
Six men submitted their final appeal to the Supreme Military Court in December 2016. The men were sentenced to death by a military court in May 2016, in a case marred by enforced disappearances and torture. If the court rejects their appeal, the men…
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Two men at imminent risk of execution in Bahrain
Mohamed Ramadhan ‘Issa ‘Ali Hussain and Hussain ‘Ali Moosa Hussain Mohamed, are at imminent risk of execution following the execution of three men on 15 January. Their death sentences were upheld by the Court of Cassation on 16 November 2015. Their trial…
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Fourth death sentence issued before new year in Belarus
Kiryl Kazachok was sentenced to death by the Gomel Regional Court, in southeast Belarus, on 28 December. His was the fourth death sentence to be issued in Belarus in 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Mental health experts support clemency in USA
Ricky Gray is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 18 January. More than 50 mental health professionals have written to the state governor in support of clemency in view of the prisoner’s childhood of severe sexual and physical abuse and its impact on…
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three men now face imminent execution in Bahrain
On 9 January the Court of Cassation in Bahrain upheld death sentences against three Bahraini men. It also upheld life sentences against seven others and the revocation of the nationality of eight of them.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Bahrain: execution of three men is 'dark day for human rights' in the countryPress release 15 Jan 2017
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Iran: 12 prisoners face execution tomorrow for drugs offencesPress release 13 Jan 2017
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Urgent Action: Malaysian national faces imminent execution in Singapore
Prabagaran Srivijayan, a Malaysian national, was convicted and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty on 22 July 2012 in Singapore. The execution could take place as early as next week.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Jan 2017 -
Iran: Former child bride executed after stillbirthZeinab was 15 when she left her family to marry Hossein. Soon after the wedding, Hossein started beating her. She asked for a divorce, but he refused. She told police, but they ignored her. After an unfair trial, Zeinab was executed on 2 October 2018.
11 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Veteran activist sentenced to death in China
A court in China’s Henan province has convicted and sentenced Xu Youchen to death for killing a policeman when authorities were taking him and his wife away for peaceful petitioning.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Jan 2017 -
Facing firing squad for drugs crimes in IndonesiaTen people still face being shot by firing squad after their scheduled executions were postponed in July 2016. All executions in Indonesia carried out under current president Joko Widodo have been for alleged drugs offenses.
10 Jan 2017
