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Feb 5 2020 11:59pm
Saudi Arabia: counter-terrorism court used to crush peaceful opposition - new report
Shia minority and human rights activists targeted by the Specialised C...
Feb 4 2020 10:22am
India: Four men at risk of imminent execution
Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Thakur are at...
Jan 14 2020 9:44am
Nigeria: Human rights defenders must be released
Nigerian authorities have continued to detain human rights defenders O...
Jan 13 2020 12:29pm
Saudi Arabia: why Amnesty will not attend 'sham' C20 meetings
Civil society meetings are taking place in lead-up to G20 in Riyadh in...
Jan 8 2020 12:53pm
Bahrain: death sentences against two men upheld despite torture evidence
Hotel worker and airport security employee were arrested over explosio...
Dec 26 2019 10:40am
Japan: Execution a shameful stain on human rights record of Olympic hosts
In response to the news that Wei Wei, a 40-year-old Chinese national, ...
Dec 17 2019 10:05am
Sixth update: Expected verdict on death penalty case
The High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain has set 25 December 2019 ...
Dec 2 2019 9:49am
Man at risk of imminent execution
Viktar Paulau was found guilty of the murder of two people in December...
Nov 25 2019 2:32pm
Execution halted for Rodney Reed
On 15 November, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the schedul...
Nov 15 2019 3:49pm
USA: Texas governor should grant clemency to Rodney Reed
51-year-old black man faces execution next week despite serious doubts...