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August 29, 2020

Saudis to review all death sentences for childhood crimes

The Saudi Human Rights Commission has announced that the death sentences of Ali al-Nimr, Dawood al-Marhoon and Abdullah al-Zaher, sentenced as juvenies, have been referred for review, following a recent royal decree mandating that the maximum punishment for childhood crimes should be ten years imprisonment.
April 15, 2020

Saudi Arabia has executed 800 people during the reign of King Salman

The rate of executions has doubled in the reign of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, despite talk of modernisation and reform.
March 9, 2020

Urgent appeal to Egypt for release of four minors facing death sentences

After their arrest, the minors were held incommunicado for several months, tortured to obtain confessions, and denied their right to a fair trial.
June 12, 2019

A death sentence commuted in Egypt, but justice denied, says Reprieve

Egypt’s highest court has recognised that Ahmed Saddouma, sentenced to death in a mass trial in 2018, was a child at the time of his alleged offences. His sentence has accordingly been commuted to 15 years imprisonment.
June 2, 2019

Court of Appeal rules Home Office age assessment policy unlawful

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Home Office’s policy on deciding the age of young people seeking asylum is unlawful and must be rewritten, as it fails to ensure that children are not mistakenly treated as adults.
May 28, 2019

Scale of Egypt’s death penalty crisis revealed

In President Abdelfattah el-Sisi’s first five years in power, his regime handed preliminary death sentences to more than 2,400 people, a Reprieve report reveals.
April 30, 2019

Two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executed in Iran

The two cousins were arrested aged 15 and convicted on rape charges following unfair trial and abuse allegations.
April 25, 2019

Saudi Arabia executes 37 people in a single day, including three juveniles

Saudi Arabia’s official press agency has announced a mass execution of 37 people. Most, if not all, were convicted in the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC), the Kingdom’s secretive and widely condemned anti-terrorism tribunal.
July 30, 2018

Ahed Tamimi's release welcome but other Palestinian children languish in jail, says Amnesty

The Israeli army prosecutes hundreds of Palestinian children in juvenile military courts every year, often after arresting them in night raids.
June 29, 2018

UN condemns execution of juvenile offenders in Iran

Four juvenile offenders have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2018.