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Aug 15 2019 3:10pm
Urgent Action good news: Supreme court suspends all execution warrants
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court, while hearing the petitions to halt exec...
Aug 15 2019 12:59pm
Urgent Action update: Iranian-swedish academic forcibly disappeared
Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali has been subjected to enfor...
Aug 14 2019 1:00am
Egypt: Rabaa massacre still haunting country - new briefing
On sixth anniversary of the killings, Amnesty publishes list of five c...
Aug 5 2019 11:21am
Urgent Action: Man with claims of innocence at risk of execution
Larry Swearingen has been on death row in Texas, USA since 2000 and is...
Aug 2 2019 10:45am
Japan: Two hanged in 'deplorable' executions
Amnesty International has again called on Japan to abolish the death p...
Aug 1 2019 2:25pm
Urgent Action update: 30 opposition figures sentenced to death
On 9 July 2019, the Huthi-run Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) of Sana...
Jul 26 2019 1:10pm
Saudi Arabia: reformist cleric faces possible death penalty for peaceful activism
Sheikh Salman al-Awda previously advised Mohammad bin Salman over refo...
Jul 25 2019 6:46pm
USA: Decision to reinstate federal executions 'outrageous' and must not proceed
The US government has announced it plans to resume federal executions ...
Jul 22 2019 2:43pm
Philippines: Duterte's call to revive death penalty is 'abhorrent'
President Duterte’s call to revive the death penalty during his State ...
Jul 5 2019 1:50pm
Sri Lanka: today's reprieve for death row prisoners should be made permanent
Four people due to be hanged for drug-related offences have received a...