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Mar 1 2019 10:54am
South Sudan executed as many people last month as it did in whole of last year
Seven men, including members of one family, hanged amid rise in execut...
Feb 22 2019 12:59pm
Iran: three juvenile offenders at risk of imminent execution
One of the three - Mohammad Kalhori - was only 15 when arrested ...
Feb 22 2019 12:50pm
Sri Lanka: President must halt planned execution of 13 people
Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena should halt plans to execute...
Feb 19 2019 5:57pm
Egypt: nine men at risk of imminent execution after unfair trial
They were sentenced to death for the killing of the former public pros...
Feb 13 2019 5:05pm
Egypt: 'Alarming escalation' in executions as six people killed in just two weeks
Egyptian authorities today hanged three prisoners convicted of killing...
Feb 7 2019 11:53am
Urgent Action: Canadian sentenced to death in a one-day retrial
Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian national, was sentenced to death after...
Dec 21 2018 3:28pm
Urgent Action update: Chinese veteran activist executed
Xu Youchen, 58, was executed on 15 November 2018 after the China Supre...
Dec 18 2018 4:10pm
Urgent Action: Risk of imminent execution for Hong Kong citizen
The death sentence of Hong Kong citizen Wu Zongxi is currently under r...
Dec 18 2018 12:45pm
Urgent Action update: Two prisoners at risk of imminent execution
There is grave concern that the only two known prisoners on death row ...
Dec 18 2018 11:51am
Urgent Action update: Two more prisoners executed in Belarus
Belarusian prisoners, Ihar Hershankou and Siamion Berazhnoy have been ...