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Urgent Action: Saudi Arabian at risk of imminent execution
Saudi Arabian Said Mabkhout al-Sai’ari is at risk of imminent execution. He was sentenced to death after an unfair trial, he exhausted all his appeals and is likely to be executed anytime after 2 July.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Delusional disorder diagnosed, execution set in USA
William Morva, a 35-year-old US-Hungarian national, is due to be executed in Virginia on 6 July. A psychiatrist has diagnosed him with delusional disorder, and concluded that this contributed to the crimes for which he was sentenced to death.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Robert Melson executed in Alabama
Robert Melson was executed in Alabama late on 8 June after the US Supreme Court lifted a temporary stay it had imposed a few hours earlier. It was the second execution in Alabama in two weeks.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Execution set in circumstantial Alabama case
Robert Melson is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on 8 June. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death in May 1996 for three murders during a robbery in 1994.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Thomas Arthur executed in Alabama, USAThomas Arthur, aged 75, was executed in Alabama late on 25 May. It was his eighth execution date since 2001, three times coming within a day of being killed. This time, the US Supreme Court lifted a stay shortly before the death warrant was due to expire.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Former government official executed in China
Zhao Liping was executed on 26 May 2017 following the approval by the Supreme People’s Court of his death sentence with immediate execution. The decision was made despite serious concerns about whether he had received a fair trial and allegations that…
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Two men hanged in secretive executions in Malaysia
Yong Kar Mun was executed at 5.30 am on 24 May 2017 at Sungai Buloh Prison in Selangor, Malaysia.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender in Sudan facing death penalty
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam is now facing six charges two of which may result in the death penalty or life imprisonment if he is convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Torture fears for activist sentenced to death in China
Veteran activist Xu Youchen has testified at his appeal that police had tortured him to obtain the evidence used to convict and sentence him to death in December 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jun 2017 -
Iran executes man arrested at 16 in 'appalling' violation of international lawPress release 25 May 2017
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Urgent Action: Imminent execution for former government official in China
A former government official has been sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in the killing of a young woman.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Family to pay last visit after told execution is 'soon' in Malaysia
Yong Kar Mun was convicted and sentenced to death in 2009 for discharging a firearm in the commission of an armed robbery.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Bahraini man's death sentence upheld on appeal
On 11 May, the Bahrain High Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence imposed against Maher Abbas Ahmed. His case will now go before the Court of Cassation. Maher Abbas Ahmed will be at imminent risk of execution if the sentence is upheld again.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian arrested at 15 risks imminent execution
Today is Ali Mohammed Mostafa’s 55th birthday, a father of three who has been forcibly disappeared for nearly four years, and his family still has no information about his fate or whereabouts.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Execution re-set after 30 years on death row in USA
Thomas Arthur, aged 75, is due to be executed in Alabama on 25 May. This is his eighth execution date since 2001, three times coming within a day of being killed.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Philippines senate must oppose death penalty
Bills to reintroduce the death penalty in the Philippines are pending before the Senate, which resumed session on 2 May 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Kenneth WIlliams executed in Arkansas
Kenneth Williams was executed in Arkansas on 27 April for a murder committed during a prison escape in 1999.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Jack Jones executed in Arkansas
Jack Jones, aged 52, was executed on 24 April for a murder committed in 1995. He was one of two men put to death in Arkansas on 24 April, the first time that a state in the USA has carried out two executions on the same day since 2000.
Urgent action outcomes 03 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Marcel Williams executed in Arkansas, USA
Marcel Williams was executed on 24 April for a murder committed in 1994. He was one of two men put to death in Arkansas on 24 April, the first time that a state in the USA has carried out two executions on the same day since 2000.
Urgent action outcomes 02 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Five children executed and two others at risk in Somalia
Puntland authorities have executed five boys found guilty of murder. They were subjected to various forms of torture before “confessing” to the crime. Two other boys found guilty are at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent action outcomes 02 May 2017
