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Urgent Action: Iranian teenager at risk of execution
Danial Zeinolabedini, an 18-year-old imprisoned in Mahabad prison, West Azerbaijan province, is at risk of execution.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Jun 2019 -
Saudi Arabia: Decision to spare teenager’s life must be followed by abolition of death penalty for all juvenilesMurtaja Qureiris will not face execution, but has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Press release 17 Jun 2019 -
Iran: one million people sign petition calling for jailed lawyer's release'The world is watching and our campaign will continue until Nasrin Sotoudeh is free'
Press release 13 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action good news: Asia Bibi leaves Pakistan for Canada a free woman
Asia Bibi has left Pakistan and safely arrived in Canada to be reunited with her family.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jun 2019 -
Saudi Arabia: boy arrested aged 13 at risk of executionHe faces execution for offences dating back to when he was just ten years old
Press release 07 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Jailed academic needs urgent medical care
Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali needs urgent specialized medical care unavailable inside prison.
Urgent action outcomes 20 May 2019 -
Iran: proposed law could see those facing death sentences denied lawyers‘If passed by MPs it would be a crushing blow to Iran’s already deeply defective justice system’
Press release 16 May 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Two men at risk of execution
On 6 May 2019, the Bahraini Court of Cassation upheld the convictions and death sentences of two prisoners.
Urgent action outcomes 13 May 2019 -
Urgent Action: Ahwazi Arab men at risk of execution
Abdullah Karmollah Chab and Ghassem Abdullah, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, are facing the death penalty.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2019 -
Brunei: 'Heinous' death penalty law must now be repealedBrunei authorities have announced they will continue to refrain from implementing the death sentence
Press release 06 May 2019 -
Iran: two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executedIran has executed nearly 100 juvenile offenders since 1990
Press release 29 Apr 2019 -
AGM Report BackBlog post 25 Apr 2019
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Saudi Arabia: 37 killed in 'chilling' execution spree
'Today’s mass execution is a chilling demonstration of the Saudi Arabian authorities callous disregard for human life' - Lynn Maalouf
Press release 23 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action: 13 prisoners at risk of imminent execution
After 43 years without using the death penalty, the President, is reportedly planning execute prisoners on death row.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2019 -
Julian Assange should not be extradited to USAPress release 11 Apr 2019
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Global executions fell by nearly a third last year - new reportChina remains world’s top executioner - followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Iraq
Press release 09 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action bad news: Executions not resumed after prisoner found dead
State of Nevada did not resume executions after individual on death row found dead in his cell of an "apparent suicide".
Urgent action outcomes 01 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Death sentences commuted to life imprisonment
Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on two death sentences.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2019 -
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Urgent Action: Tortured conservationists face death penalty
Eight detained conservationists could face the death penalty or long prison sentences, following a grossly unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Mar 2019
