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Urgent Action good news: Court blocks execution and remands for hearing in USA
The Arkansas Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution for Stacey Johnson, who was due to be put to death in Arkansas on 20 April for a murder committed in 1993.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Stay of execution for Bruce Ward in Arkansas
Bruce Ward, who was due to be put to death on 17 April in Arkansas, received a stay of execution. His lawyers maintain that his mental disability deprives him of a rational understanding of his punishment, rendering his execution unconstitutional.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience held incommunicado in Venezuela
Venezuelan prisoner of conscience, Leopoldo López, has been kept incommunicado since 8 April. He has been placed in solitary confinement for reasons that have not been disclosed by the authorities.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Stay of execution for Don Davis in Arkansas
The execution of Don Davis, scheduled for 17 April in Arkansas, did not go ahead. Minutes before midnight, when the death warrant was set to expire, the US Supreme Court refused to lift the stay issued by the Arkansas Supreme Court that afternoon.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Apr 2017 -
Mark Wallinger's 'Ecce Homo' statue installed at St Paul's CathedralPress release 11 Apr 2017
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Global executions down more than a third, but death sentences at record high - new reportPress release 11 Apr 2017
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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: Imprisoned Iranian journalist on hunger strike
Iranian journalist Hengameh Shahidi is in a critical condition in Tehran’s Evin prison. She has been on hunger strike for 29 days in protest at her arrest on 9 March. She has a heart condition and is refusing her medication. She is being held in solitary…
Urgent action outcomes 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 update: UN says respect Ali Aarrass's rights in Moroccan prison
The UN Committee against Torture requested the Moroccan authorities to improve detention conditions for Belgian-Moroccan Ali Aarrass, who has been held in solitary confinement for nearly six months. Appeal proceedings in his case are also underway.
Urgent action outcomes 05 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 -
Sri Lanka: Victims of disappearance cannot wait any longer for justice - new reportPress release 03 Apr 2017
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Urgent Action update: Risk of unfair trial in China for forcibly returned activist
Chinese activist Dong Guangping will be tried in April 2017 for “subverting state power” and “crossing the national border illegally”.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action change of target: Stop journalist's forcible return from Russia to Uzbekistan
Journalist and activist Khudoberdi Nurmatov (also known as Ali Feruz) is at risk of being forcibly returned from Russia to Uzbekistan.
Urgent action outcomes 03 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 -
Podcast: Khadija Ismayilova, blackmailed and imprisoned for investigating corruptionA journalist suspected she was being watched, but she didn't expect to be secretly filmed in her bedroom and blackmailed - by her government. Khadija tells her story from Azerbaijan, where she has been punished in a uniquely cruel and humiliating way for…
31 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action: Bahraini student in detention alleges torture
Bahraini student Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab was arrested on 9 February and taken to the Criminal Investigations Directorate where he alleges he was tortured and forced to “confess”. He has been denied access to a lawyer. Upon transfer to Dry Dock Prison…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Mar 2017
