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Urgent Action: Pakistani man paralysed in jail now at risk of execution
A Pakistani man convicted and sentenced to death for murder in 2009, Abdul Basit, is at risk of execution. His execution has been stayed three times.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: eight Egyption civilians at risk of death sentence
An Egyptian military court is preparing to sentence eight men to death after a grossly unfair trial. The men are standing trial on terrorism-related charges with 20 others, in a case also marred by torture and enforced disappearances.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action Iran: Teenager faces imminent execution
A 19-year old Iranian man has been scheduled for execution on 16 April for an offence committed when he was under 18 years of age. He has been put in solitary confinement in Rasht’s Lakan Prison in advance of the execution. Alireza Pour Olfat
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Kenneth Fults executed in Georgia USA
Kenneth Fults was executed by lethal injection on 12 April 2016 in the US state of Georgia.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Federal court stays execution of Ivan Teleguz in USA
Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, received a temporary stay of execution from the US Court of Appeals on 29 March 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Georgia executes Kenneth Fults despite clear racial biasThe US state of Georgia has executed Kenneth Fults, an African-American man sentenced to death after legal inadequacies - like his lawyer being asleep and omitting information - during his trial, and racial bias at his sentencing. The death penalty is…
12 Apr 2016 -
Stop the execution of Amanj Veisee - a juvenile offender in IranBlog post 09 Apr 2016
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Iranian man facing imminent execution denied the right to appealPress release 08 Apr 2016
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Urgent Action update: Kho Jabing's death sentence upheld
The Court of Appeal of Singapore has dismissed the appeal of Malaysian Kho Jabing and upheld his death sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Ivan Kulesh at imminent risk of execution in Belarus
Ivan Kulesh has been sentenced to death and is at imminent risk of execution. His only hope now is to appeal for clemency.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Activist in Iran awaits appeal outcome
Death penalty campaigner Atena Daemi is awaiting the outcome of her appeal against a 14-year sentence for her activism.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2016 -
More executions last year than for 25 years - new global death penalty reportPress release 05 Apr 2016
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Dramatic rise in executions in 2015: the most in one year for a quarter of a centuryExecutions in a single year spiked to highest recorded for 25 years, as more countries used the death penalty to ruthlessly execute citizens.
Press release 05 Apr 2016 -
Death penalty report 2015A global look at the state of the death penalty in 2015 - its use, legal issues, regional differences, resumed practices, and continued momentum toward abolition.
Reports and publications 05 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: USA state of Georgia sets execution despite racism claim
Kenneth Fults, a 47-year-old African American man sentenced to death in 1997, is due to be executed on 12 April 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Man arrested in teens faces execution in Iran
Himan Uraminejad, on death row for an offense carried out when he was a child, faces being executed soon.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Execution date set for Ukrainian in USA
Ukrainian, Ivan Teleguz, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 13 April 2016. He maintains his innocence.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Political leader at imminent risk of execution in Bangladesh
Political leader, Motiur Rahman Nizami, is at imminent risk of execution following court decision to uphold his death sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Journalist risks death penalty for tweets in Saudi Arabia
Journalist and prisoner of conscience, Alaa Brinji is on trial charged with apostasy and risks being sentenced to death.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Juvenile offender threatened in Iran
Saman Naseem has been put under pressure to do a video interview and threatened with execution, if he fails to comply.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Mar 2016
