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Dec 17 2019 10:05am
Sixth update: Expected verdict on death penalty case
The High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain has set 25 December 2019 ...
Dec 2 2019 9:49am
Man at risk of imminent execution
Viktar Paulau was found guilty of the murder of two people in December...
Nov 25 2019 2:32pm
Execution halted for Rodney Reed
On 15 November, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the schedul...
Nov 15 2019 3:49pm
USA: Texas governor should grant clemency to Rodney Reed
51-year-old black man faces execution next week despite serious doubts...
Nov 13 2019 12:09pm
Sri Lanka: Human rights must be 'at the heart' of the next presidency
Ahead of Sri Lanka’s presidential election this weekend, Amnesty Inter...
Nov 11 2019 12:21pm
Urgent Action: Uyghur academic faces execution in China
Fears are mounting that the Chinese authorities will carry out the exe...
Oct 10 2019 2:51pm
Ndume Olatushani: 20 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit
Ndume Olatushani spent 28 years in a Tennessee prison - 20 years on de...
Oct 10 2019 7:30am
Malaysia: Unfair trials and secret hangings - new death penalty report
Malaysia must fulfil its promise to abolish the death penalty by swift...
Aug 29 2019 11:38am
Urgent Action Outcome: Man with claims of innocence executed in Texas
Lawrence Swearingen, who has been on death row in Texas, USA since 200...
Aug 23 2019 10:12am
Urgent Action Outcome: Three men executed by firing squad in Bahrain
On 27 July 2019, Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab, Ahmed Isa Ahmed Isa al-Ma...