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South Sudan executed as many people last month as it did in whole of last yearSeven men, including members of one family, hanged amid rise in executions
Press release 01 Mar 2019 -
Iran: three juvenile offenders at risk of imminent execution‘The Iranian authorities have a horrific track record'
Press release 22 Feb 2019 -
Sri Lanka: President must halt planned execution of 13 people“Executions…are not a show of strength but an admission of weakness” - Kumi Naidoo
Press release 22 Feb 2019 -
Egypt: nine men at risk of imminent execution after unfair trial‘Time is running out to save the lives of these nine men’
Press release 19 Feb 2019 -
Egypt: 'Alarming escalation' in executions as six people killed in just two weeksAuthorities have hanged three prisoners convicted of killing a police officer during clashes that erupted in the weeks following the deadly Rabaa massacre
Press release 13 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Canadian sentenced to death in a one-day retrial
Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian national, was sentenced to death after being convicted of drug trafficking at his retrial
Urgent action outcomes 07 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Chinese veteran activist executed
Xu Youchen, 58, was executed on 15 November 2018 after the China Supreme People’s Court approved his death sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Two prisoners at risk of imminent execution
There is grave concern that the only two known prisoners on death row in Belarus are at risk of imminent execution.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action: Risk of imminent execution for Hong Kong citizen
The death sentence of Hong Kong citizen Wu Zongxi is currently under review by the Supreme People’s Court.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Two more prisoners executed in Belarus
Belarusian prisoners, Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy have been executed, likely on 19 or 20 November.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Court to review death sentences of two men
The Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally agreed to reconsider the death sentences of two men.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Dec 2018 -
South Sudan: children executed in 'disturbing' escalation of death penalty - new report
More executions in 2018 than any year since independence
Press release 07 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action: Saudi activists face the death penalty
Saudi activist Israa al-Ghomgham and four other individuals on trial at the SCC face the death penalty.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Dec 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: President pardons two men sentenced to death
James Gatdet and William Endley received a presidential pardon on 31 October 2018.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Nov 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Death sentences quashed, retrial ordered
On 22 October 2018, Bahrain’s Cassation Court overturned the death sentences it had confirmed in 2015 against two men.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Nov 2018 -
Iran: two people executed for gold and currency market manipulationPress release 14 Nov 2018
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Iran: fears mount for hundreds of Ahwazi Arabs after reports 22 secretly executedA possible ‘purge’ is underway
Press release 13 Nov 2018 -
Urgent Action: 80-year-old egyptian’s death sentence upheld
Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld death sentence of Sheikh Abdel Rehim Abdel Halim Gabreel – an 80-year-old Quran tutor.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Nov 2018 -
Saudi Arabia: 12 Shi'a face imminent execution after cases referred to King Salman"We fear that this development signals the imminent execution of the 12 men."
Press release 07 Nov 2018 -
Pakistan: Asia Bibi death sentence overturned in 'important victory for religious tolerance'The Pakistan Supreme Court today decided to acquit Asia Bibi of blasphemy charges after she was sentenced to death in 2010.
Press release 31 Oct 2018
