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Urgent Action: Intellectual disability claim as execution set in Texas, USA
Courts have rejected the claim of intellectual disability and the execution has been set for 2st 1 June.
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Forcibly married, raped girl sentenced to death in Sudan
Nineteen year old, Noura Hussein Hamad Daoud, was sentenced to death on 10 May for killing her husband in self-defence.
Urgent action outcomes 15 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian Kurd at imminent risk of execution
Iranian Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi is scheduled to be executed on 3 May.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Urgent Action: Urge US Governor not to veto abolition bill
A bill abolishing the death penalty in the US state of New Hampshire, is due go to the Governor.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2018 -
Iran: 22-year-old Kurdish man faces execution after 'breath-taking miscarriage of justice''After appearing at his trial reportedly bearing torture marks on his body he was convicted in less than an hour'
Press release 01 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Review for upheld death sentence requested in Bahrain
The review of the cases of Mohamed Ali Hussain and Hussain Ali Moosa Hussain Mohamed were requested.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Apr 2018 -
Global executions fall, but large numbers given death penalty for drugs - new reportPress release 11 Apr 2018
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Urgent Action Good News: Alabama, USA ends pursuit of 2nd execution attempt
An agreement signed on 27 March means that Alabama will not pursue another death warrant for Doyle Hamm.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Court upholds death sentences of two men in Egypt
The Supreme Military Court of Appeals upheld the death sentences of two men, who are now at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action good news: Ohio governor commutes death sentence
On 26 March the Governor of Ohio granted clemency to William Montgomery, who was scheduled to be executed on 11 April.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action update: US Board votes for clemency, now to governor
The Ohio parole board announced that it recommends that the Governor of Ohio commute William Montgomery’s death sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Mar 2018 -
Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa's commutation of death sentences is 'progressive step'‘He must build on this positive momentum by ensuring Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty completely’
Press release 22 Mar 2018 -
Iraq: 'alarming' reports of 3,000 on death row on terrorism chargesFigures leaked by govt official show 19,000+ people detained on terrorism grounds
Press release 21 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Two men sentenced to death by hanging in South Sudan
James Gatdet and William Endley were convicted and sentenced to death by a High Court in Juba.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Two men given the death penalty in Bahrain
On 31 January, Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab and Ahmad al-Malali were sentenced to death.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Executed in USA after 32 years on death row
Carlton Gary, aged 67, was executed in Georgia on 15 March after spending almost half of his life on death row.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action: Singapore sets second execution in a week
The execution of Hishamrudin Bin Mohd scheduled for 16 March, a week after Singapore’s first known execution of 2018.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action: 10 year death row case in Vietnam pushed for execution
Ho Duy Hai was sentenced to death in December 2008 after being convicted of plundering property and murder.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action: Georgia, USA execution set 40 years after crimes
Carlton Gary, aged 67, is due to be executed in Georgia at 7pm on 15 March after 32 years on death row.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Prosecutor calls for death penalty in mass trials in Egypt
The prosecutor in the “Rabaa dispersal” case has called for sentencing of 739 defendants, including Shawkan, to death.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Mar 2018
