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Jun 17 2019 4:39pm
Saudi Arabia: Decision to spare teenager’s life must be followed by abolition of death penalty for all juveniles
Responding to the news that Murtaja Qureiris, the young man from Saudi...
Jun 13 2019 11:59am
Iran: one million people sign petition calling for jailed lawyer's release
Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was given 33-year jail sentence earlier this ye...
Jun 10 2019 3:00pm
Urgent Action good news: Asia Bibi leaves Pakistan for Canada a free woman
Asia Bibi is a Christian farm worker, who was sentenced to death for b...
Jun 7 2019 6:06pm
Saudi Arabia: boy arrested aged 13 at risk of execution
Murtaja Qureiris faces possible execution for offences which date back...
May 20 2019 12:14pm
Urgent Action update: Jailed academic needs urgent medical care
Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali needs urgent specialized me...
May 16 2019 6:19pm
Iran: proposed law could see those facing death sentences denied lawyers
MPs to vote on denying lawyers to those held on ‘national security’ gr...
May 13 2019 10:21am
Urgent Action update: Two men at risk of execution
On 6 May 2019, the Bahraini Court of Cassation upheld the convictions ...
May 10 2019 3:41pm
Urgent Action: Ahwazi Arab men at risk of execution
Abdullah Karmollah Chab and Ghassem Abdullah, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab ...
May 6 2019 1:33pm
Brunei: 'Heinous' death penalty law must now be repealed
Responding to news that the Brunei authorities have announced they wil...
Apr 29 2019 12:52pm
Iran: two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executed
Mehdi Sohrabifar (l) and Amin Sedaghat (r) (Credit: Private) Co...