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Urgent Action update: Shwkan's trial adjourned until 17 May in Egypt
Egyptian authorities adjourned until 17 May the trial of photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, popularly known as Shawkan. He is facing trumped-up charges as a result of his journalistic work.
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Update: Kho Jabing's execution date set for 20 May in Singapore
The execution of Kho Jabing has been set for 20 May
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Iranian teenager tortured into 'confessing' faces execution at weekendPress release 13 May 2016
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Urgent Action update: Stop Bangladeshi political leader's imminent execution
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal against its ruling, upholding the death sentence against Motiur Rahman Nizami, the leader of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Prisoners at imminent risk of executions in Indonesia
Three death row prisoners were moved on 8 May to Indonesia’s Nusakambangan prison island, where 13 executions were carried out in 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Gennadii Yakovitskii's death sentence upheld in Belarus
The Supreme Court of Belarus upheld the death sentence of Gennadii Yakovitskii on 4 April. He is now at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent action outcomes 04 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Pakistani man paralysed in jail now at risk of execution
A Pakistani man convicted and sentenced to death for murder in 2009, Abdul Basit, is at risk of execution. His execution has been stayed three times.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: eight Egyption civilians at risk of death sentence
An Egyptian military court is preparing to sentence eight men to death after a grossly unfair trial. The men are standing trial on terrorism-related charges with 20 others, in a case also marred by torture and enforced disappearances.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action Iran: Teenager faces imminent execution
A 19-year old Iranian man has been scheduled for execution on 16 April for an offence committed when he was under 18 years of age. He has been put in solitary confinement in Rasht’s Lakan Prison in advance of the execution. Alireza Pour Olfat
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Kenneth Fults executed in Georgia USA
Kenneth Fults was executed by lethal injection on 12 April 2016 in the US state of Georgia.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Federal court stays execution of Ivan Teleguz in USA
Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national, received a temporary stay of execution from the US Court of Appeals on 29 March 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Georgia executes Kenneth Fults despite clear racial biasThe US state of Georgia has executed Kenneth Fults, an African-American man sentenced to death after legal inadequacies - like his lawyer being asleep and omitting information - during his trial, and racial bias at his sentencing. The death penalty is…
12 Apr 2016 -
Stop the execution of Amanj Veisee - a juvenile offender in IranBlog post 09 Apr 2016
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Iranian man facing imminent execution denied the right to appealPress release 08 Apr 2016
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Urgent Action update: Kho Jabing's death sentence upheld
The Court of Appeal of Singapore has dismissed the appeal of Malaysian Kho Jabing and upheld his death sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Ivan Kulesh at imminent risk of execution in Belarus
Ivan Kulesh has been sentenced to death and is at imminent risk of execution. His only hope now is to appeal for clemency.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Activist in Iran awaits appeal outcome
Death penalty campaigner Atena Daemi is awaiting the outcome of her appeal against a 14-year sentence for her activism.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2016 -
More executions last year than for 25 years - new global death penalty reportPress release 05 Apr 2016
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Urgent Action: USA state of Georgia sets execution despite racism claim
Kenneth Fults, a 47-year-old African American man sentenced to death in 1997, is due to be executed on 12 April 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Man arrested in teens faces execution in Iran
Himan Uraminejad, on death row for an offense carried out when he was a child, faces being executed soon.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016
