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Urgent Action Outcome: Man With Mental Disability ExecutedBenjamin Cole, a man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and brain damage, was executed on 20 October 2022 in Oklahoma.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Oct 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Governor Rejects Clemency, Execution Proceeds
James Coddington, aged 50, was executed in Oklahoma on 25 August 2022 for the murder of a 73-year-old friend in 1997.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Sep 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Texas Court Blocks Execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution for Ramiro Gonzales 48 hours before it was due to be carried out
Urgent action outcomes 25 Jul 2022 -
Death penalty report 2021This report documents the use of the death penalty worldwide in 2021, drawing on official data, court judgements, first‑hand accounts and civil society reporting.
Reports and publications 23 May 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Arizona Conducts Its First Execution Since 2014
Clarence Dixon, a 66-year-old Native American man, was executed on 11 May 2022.
Urgent action outcomes 23 May 2022 -
US: Texas Appeals Court Blocks Execution
On 25 April 2022, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted an indefinite stay of execution to Melissa Lucio.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Apr 2022 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Alabama Execution Goes Ahead After Stay Lifted
Matthew Reeves was put to death by lethal injection in Alabama on the evening of 27 January.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Jan 2022 -
Japan: three prisoners hanged in 'abhorrent' resumption of executionsPress release 21 Dec 2021
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Singapore: 'Time running out' for man with learning disabilities set to be hanged tomorrowPress release 09 Nov 2021
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Iran: authorities set to execute man deemed 'mature' at 17Press release 11 Oct 2021
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Troy Davis remembered: special event ten years on from his executionAmnesty International UK will hold a special online event on 21 September (7-8.30pm) to mark the ten-year anniversary of the execution of Troy Davis, a 42-old Black man executed in the US state of Georgia despite widespread concerns over the safety of…
Press release 16 Sep 2021 -
Iran: man originally arrested aged 15 secretly executedThe Iranian authorities have secretly executed a young man who was a child at the time of his arrest and had spent nearly a decade on death row.
Press release 04 Aug 2021 -
Saudi Arabia: fresh persecution following country's presidency of G20 - new reportSaudi Arabian has brazenly intensified its persecution of human rights defenders and dissidents after a lull in prosecutions during the country’s recent year-long G20 presidency, Amnesty International said in a new report.
Press release 02 Aug 2021 -
Sierra Leone: Abolition of death penalty a 'major victory'
The West African state has become the 23rd country on the continent to end capital punishment
Press release 25 Jul 2021 -
Iran: juvenile offender facing 'abhorrent' execution within daysIran is set to execute a 20-year-old man who was 17 at the time of his alleged offence.
Press release 22 Jun 2021 -
Saudi Arabia: 26-year-old facing execution for 'rioting' after forced confessionAmnesty International is calling for the execution of a 26-year-old man in Saudi Arabia to be halted after reports that his execution is imminent.
Press release 08 Jun 2021 -
Malawi: death penalty ruled unconstitutionalTwo people were sentenced to death last year in Malawai
Press release 29 Apr 2021 -
Death penalty in 2020: executions down a quarter - new reportPress release 20 Apr 2021
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Death penalty report 2020A global look at the state of the death penalty in 2020 - its use, legal issues, regional differences, resumed practices, and continued momentum toward abolition.
Reports and publications 20 Apr 2021 -
Pakistan: 'landmark' ban on executing prisoners with mental disabilitiesPakistan’s Supreme Court has commuted the death sentences of Imdad Ali and Kanizan Bibi and placed a ban on the imposition of the death penalty on those with mental disabilities.
Press release 10 Feb 2021
