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Urgent Action good news: Court blocks execution, decision awaited in USA
The US Supreme Court prevented the State of Georgia from executing Keith Tharpe on 26 September.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabia executes man after unfair trial
Saudi Arabia executed Said Mabkhout al-Sai’ari on 13 September.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Florida execution reset, innocence maintained
Michael Lambrix is scheduled to be executed in Florida at 6pm on 5 October.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Juvenile offender at risk of imminent execution in Saudi Arabia
Abdulkareem al-Hawaj sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court on 11 September.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action: Juror racism claim as execution draws near in USA
Keith Tharpe is scheduled to be executed in Georgia at 7pm on 26 September.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Second Ohio execution of the year goes ahead
Gary Otte was executed in Ohio on the morning of 13 September.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Saudi Arabian man's execution date set
The family of a Saudi Arabian man sentenced to death has learned that he will be executed on 13 September.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action: Call on Ohio governor to rethink clemency
Gary Otte is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on 13 September. He was sentenced to death in October 1992 for two murders.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action: US national sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia
US national Robert Slaten was sentenced to death on 13 July in Saudi Arabia on appeal.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience sentenced to death in Iran
On 27 August a Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced spiritual teacher Mohammad Ali Taheri to death for “spreading corruption on earth” for establishing the spiritual group Erfan-e Halgheh. He has been held in solitary confinement for over six years.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Maldives to resume executions by September
According to statements by the Maldives President, the death penalty would be implemented 'by the end of September'. If carried out, these would be the first executions in the country in over 60 years.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Governor of Missouri stays execution and orders inquiry in USAOn 22 August, the governor of Missouri issued a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams who was due to be put to death later that day. The governor will appoint a Board of Inquiry to review the case and make a recommendation on clemency.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Arkansas governor to commute death sentence in USA
On 25 August, the Governor of Arkansas announced his intent to commute the death sentence of Jason McGehee, who had been scheduled for execution on 27 April, when he received a stay from a federal judge, and the parole board recommended clemency. The…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Aug 2017 -
Florida conducts first execution in a year and a halfPress release 25 Aug 2017
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Florida execution machine kills againAlthough much of the US has turned against the death penalty and Florida governor Rick Scott promised ‘bold, positive change’, the state just conducted its first judicial killing in eighteen months.
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USA: Florida set to carry out first execution in year-and-a-half this weekPress release 21 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action: Belarus sentences two men to death
Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy were convicted and sentenced to death by the Mahiliou Regional Court, in eastern Belarus, on 21 July 2017. Theirs are the second and third death sentences imposed in Belarus in 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Aug 2017 -
Update: Alireza TajikiAlireza Tajiki was just 16 years old when he was sentenced to death. He is now 21 and about to be executed in the next few hours. Join us to demand the Iranian authorities stop his execution immediately.
09 Aug 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Syrian human rights defender executed
On 1 August, the family of Syrian-Palestinian human rights activist Bassel Khartabil Safadi received the news that he was extrajudicially executed in October 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2017 -
Maldives must halt plans to carry out first executions in more than 60 yearsPress release 02 Aug 2017
