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Sep 20 2018 5:59am
Egypt: repression now 'more extreme' than under Mubarak
New ‘Egypt, an Open-Air Prison for Critics’ campaign launched    Si...
Sep 18 2018 1:02pm
Yemen: 24 Baha'i people, including a child, face possible death sentences
Teenage girl among those facing serious charges, including alleged esp...
Sep 8 2018 6:42pm
Iran: execution of three Kurdish men after grossly unfair trials is 'horrifying'
Two of the men - cousins Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi - gave suppo...
Sep 8 2018 11:43am
Egypt: 75 death sentences and heavy jail terms handed down in 'disgraceful' mass trial
Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ among those given prison sentences ‘The E...
Sep 7 2018 6:09pm
Iran: Kurdish cousins face imminent execution despite torture allegations
Zaniar Moradi (l) and Loghman Moradi (r) gave supposed ‘confessions’ t...
Sep 3 2018 11:47am
Urgent Action update: Iranian Kurd facing imminent execution
Ramin Hossein Panahi, from Iran’s Kurdish minority, was moved to Raja’...
Aug 31 2018 3:15pm
Taiwan: first execution under new presidency condemned
39-year-old man executed by firing squad this morning - had originally...
Aug 31 2018 12:20pm
Florida: the sunshine state or the death row state?
Death in the sunshine state Florida has the second largest death ro...
Aug 28 2018 10:39am
Urgent Action update: Nebraska conducts first execution since 1997
The US state of Nebraska carried out its first execution in 21 years o...
Aug 23 2018 3:29pm
USA: new report slams Florida's 'diehard' attachment to death penalty
374 people on death row in a state with the highest number of wrongful...