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Seventh update: Death sentences upheld on appealThe death penalty has been upheld in the case of two men who gave confessions under torture.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jan 2020 -
Nigeria: Human rights defenders must be releasedNigerian authorities continue to detain human rights defenders facing trumped-up treason charges.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jan 2020 -
Saudi Arabia: why Amnesty will not attend 'sham' C20 meetingsAbysmal human rights record despite attempted sportswashing
Press release 13 Jan 2020 -
Bahrain: death sentences against two men upheld despite torture evidenceGovernment doctors have themselves described how the two men were tortured
Press release 08 Jan 2020 -
Japan: Execution a shameful stain on human rights record of Olympic hostsWei Wei, a 40-year-old Chinese national, was executed in Japan on Thursday morning
Press release 26 Dec 2019 -
Sixth update: Expected verdict on death penalty caseA Bahrani court is set to deliver it's verdict on the death penalty cases of two men tortured into giving confessions.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Dec 2019 -
Man at risk of imminent executionBelarusian man at risk of execution, following a trial which human rights defenders say violated his right to fair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Dec 2019 -
Execution halted for Rodney ReedA Texas court has halted the scheduled execution of Rodney Reed, and ordered that new evidence be considered in his case. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles supported delaying the execution and recommended that Governor Greg Abbott grant a 120-day…
25 Nov 2019 -
USA: Texas governor should grant clemency to Rodney ReedReed’s conviction & death sentence is ‘deeply disturbing’
Press release 15 Nov 2019 -
Sri Lanka: Human rights must be 'at the heart' of the next presidencyPress release 13 Nov 2019
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Urgent Action: Uyghur academic faces execution in ChinaFears are rising that Chinese authorities will execute Tashpolat Tiyip, a prominent Uyghuy academic, who was disappeared.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Nov 2019 -
Malaysia: Unfair trials and secret hangings - new death penalty report“The death penalty is a stain on Malaysia's criminal justice system” - Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu
Press release 10 Oct 2019 -
Ndume Olatushani: 20 years on death row for a crime he didn't commitNdume Olatushani spent 20 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Oskar Butcher sat down with him to talk about his experience.
Blog post 10 Oct 2019 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Man with claims of innocence executed in Texas
Lawrence Swearingen, who has been on death row in Texas, USA since 2000, was executed on 21 August 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Three men executed by firing squad in Bahrain
On 27 July 2019, Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab, Ahmed Isa Ahmed Isa al-Malali and another man were executed by firing squad.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian-swedish academic forcibly disappeared
Academic Ahmadreza Djalali has been subjected to enforced disappearance and is under pressure to “confess” to new crimes.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action good news: Supreme court suspends all execution warrants
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court suspended all execution warrants until 29 October, the next date of hearing.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2019 -
Egypt: Rabaa massacre still haunting country - new briefing‘To this day, dozens remain on death row and scores behind bars simply for participating in the sit-in’
Press release 14 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action: Man with claims of innocence at risk of execution
Larry Swearingen has been on death row in Texas, USA since 2000 and is scheduled to be executed on 21 August 2019.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2019 -
Japan: Two hanged in 'deplorable' executions“Japan remains stuck in the past by continuing with this ultimate cruel and irreversible punishment.”
Press release 02 Aug 2019
