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Jul 24 2014 12:10pm
Meriam Ibrahim freed from death row in Sudan
Six weeks after she was sentenced to hang, Meriam Ibrahim, a 27-year-o...
Jul 3 2014 2:10pm
Egypt: one year on from Morsi, country is 'failing at every level' in terms of human rights
1,247 death sentences handed down so far this year, 247 upheld ...
Jun 26 2014 7:36am
Japan: 'deplorable' secret execution of death row prisoner this morning condemned
In Japan death row inmates 'live under the constant fear of executi...
Jun 24 2014 2:05pm
China: Supreme Court overturns death sentence of woman who killed violent husband
The decision by China’s Supreme People’s Court to overturn the death s...
Jun 23 2014 7:25pm
Sudan: Meriam Ibrahim's release welcomed
‘Today’s ruling is a small step to redressing the injustice done to Me...
May 29 2014 2:17pm
China: Mass sentencing of Uighurs in stadium condemned as 'charade'
The deplorable mass sentencing of 55 people at a stadium in China’s no...
May 23 2014 12:34pm
Sudan: Over half a million call to free Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, pregnant woman sentenced to death
Take action: Ask Sudan not to execute Meriam   Lawyers have confi...
May 21 2014 12:01pm
Iran must halt tomorrow's execution of two men forced to confess to gas pipeline explosion on TV
‘The Iranian authorities are violating every rule in the book’ - Ha...
May 15 2014 1:14pm
Sudan: Death sentence for Christian pregnant woman 'appalling and abhorrent'
Take action: Ask Sudan not to execute Meriam   The decision of a...
Apr 30 2014 6:57pm
USA: botched execution in Oklahoma should lead to halt of all executions
‘What happened last night to Clayton Lockett is shocking in anyone’s b...