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Urgent Action: Execution date set for Ukrainian in USA
Ukrainian, Ivan Teleguz, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 13 April 2016. He maintains his innocence.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Political leader at imminent risk of execution in Bangladesh
Political leader, Motiur Rahman Nizami, is at imminent risk of execution following court decision to uphold his death sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action: Journalist risks death penalty for tweets in Saudi Arabia
Journalist and prisoner of conscience, Alaa Brinji is on trial charged with apostasy and risks being sentenced to death.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Mar 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Juvenile offender threatened in Iran
Saman Naseem has been put under pressure to do a video interview and threatened with execution, if he fails to comply.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Mar 2016 -
Saudi Arabia: Families fear their sons will be executed within 24 hoursPress release 11 Mar 2016
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Urgent Action update: Juvenile offender faces death after retrial in Iran
Iranian juvenile offender Amir Amrollahi has been sentenced to death for the second time after a retrial and 10 years in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Mar 2016 -
Pakistan: execution is no way to deliver justice for Salman Taseer murderPress release 29 Feb 2016
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Iraq: 40 people sentenced to death taking to 92 those condemned in 2016Press release 18 Feb 2016
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'My heart is exhausted': A mother’s story of death row in Saudi Arabia'When I first heard the verdict to execute my little boy, I felt as if a thunderbolt was hitting my head.' Nassra al-Ahmed writes about her son, Ali al-Nimr, on death row in Saudi Arabia, and facing execution for going to protests there when he was 17.
Blog post 15 Feb 2016 -
Iran: dozens of juvenile offenders on death row - new reportPress release 26 Jan 2016
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Iran is sentencing children and teenagers to deathGirls as young as nine can be sentenced to execution; for boys it’s 15. They grow up on death row, before being executed when they're young adults. Our new research shows that despite claims of reform by Iranian authorities, they are continuing to hang…
25 Jan 2016 -
The long road to death penalty abolition in Mongolia"It has been a long and difficult road to finally convince the Mongolian authorities to abolish this cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. We faced many challenges along the way, but never lost hope." Our campaigner in Mongolia on the historic…
Blog post 04 Dec 2015 -
Saudi Arabia has executed 151 people so far this year - highest for two decadesPress release 09 Nov 2015
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The UK is trading away its credibility in its relations with Saudi Arabia and ChinaShady deals and blanket silence speak volumes about the UK's attitude towards the importance of human rights when it comes to talking business with the likes of Saudi Arabia and China.
Blog post 05 Oct 2015 -
Saudi Arabia: King Salman should refuse to ratify Ali Mohammed al-Nimr's death sentencePress release 30 Sep 2015
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Pakistan: Halt execution of paralysed man due to take place tomorrowPress release 21 Sep 2015
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Iran: don't execute Salar, juvenile offenderBlog post 10 Sep 2015
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Iran executes Kurdish man despite unheard appeal as judicial killing spree continuesPress release 26 Aug 2015
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An execution every two days: Saudi Arabia’s surge in killingsIn the first six months of 2015, Saudi Arabia has already executed more people than all of last year.
25 Aug 2015
