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Urgent Action: Nigerian to be executed for drug trafficking in Singapore
The execution of Nigerian national Chijioke Stephen Obioha has been set for 18 November. He was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and was given the mandatory death sentence. A new clemency application is pending before the President.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Stop execution of man with mental disability in Pakistan
Imdad Ali, a death row prisoner with a mental disability, is at imminent risk of execution. Pakistan’s Supreme Court rejected on 20 October his latest appeal to halt the execution on the ground that he has paranoid schizophrenia.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Harsh sentencing puts man at risk of imminent execution in China
The Supreme People’s Court approved a death sentence which could result in the execution of Jia Jinglong at any time. According to lawyers, mitigating factors of his case were not taken into account during sentencing.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
Iranian writer jailed for her anti-stoning storyPress release 24 Oct 2016
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Iran: Kurdish child bride convicted after unfair trial could be executed this weekPress release 11 Oct 2016
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Urgent Action: Imminent execution of 22-year-old Iranian woman in Iran
Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, is at risk of execution following an unfair trial in which she was convicted of the murder of her husband. She was 17 years old at the time of the crime. She could be executed as early as 13…
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Person with mental disability faces execution in Pakistan
Imdad Ali, a death row prisoner with a mental disability, is at imminent risk of execution. He was convicted of the murder of a religious teacher in 2002.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Six men face death sentence after unfair trial in Egypt
Egypt’s defence minister has ratified the death sentences of six civilian men tried by a military court in a case marred by enforced disappearances and torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Thirteen men at risk of Execution in Japan
Thirteen members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult are now at risk of execution in Japan, following the conclusion of the trials of other cult members.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Thirteen men at risk of execution in Japan
Thirteen members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult are now at risk of execution in Japan, following the conclusion of the trials of other cult members. The 13 men were found guilty of and sentenced to death for carrying out a deadly sarin gas attack in the Tokyo…
19 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Death sentence for juvenile offender in Saudi Arabia
A Saudi Arabian Shi’a man has been sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court for offences that occurred when he was 16 years old. He says he was held incommunicado in solitary confinement for five months and tortured into “confessing”.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Opposition leader faces imminent execution in Bangladesh
The Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal of Mir Quasem Ali and upheld his death sentence. The only remaining avenue available to him is to seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Mir Quasem Ali, a senior member of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 3 September. The Supreme Court rejected his review petition on 30 August and he did not seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Texas court blocks execution
On 19 August, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution to Jeffery Wood, who was scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Man who did not kill set for execution in United States
Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August. He was sentenced to death in 1998 for a murder committed during a robbery of a convenience store in 1996. He was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder took place.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Man who did not kill set for execution in United States
Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August. He was sentenced to death in 1998 for a murder committed during a robbery of a convenience store in 1996. He was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder took place.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian youth's execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth, Alireza Tajiki, has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash…
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian youths execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth, Alireza Tajiki, has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian youth's execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth Alireza Tajiki has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash his…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
US state of Delaware's abolition of the death penalty puts it on 'right side of history'Press release 03 Aug 2016