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July 1, 2015

Egypt’s president to change law to permit speedy executions

Egypt’s President, General Abdel-Fattah al Sisi, has said he wants to change the law to allow for quicker executions in the country.
June 8, 2015

Rights groups urge Pakistan to call off juvenile execution

Leading rights groups have called on the President of Pakistan to grant clemency to Shafqat Hussain, who is due to be hanged tomorrow despite being convicted as a juvenile
June 5, 2015

Pakistan reaches 150 hangings amid plans for juvenile execution

Figures collated by human rights organisation Reprieve suggest that 150 people have been executed by the Pakistani authorities since December 2014.
June 4, 2015

Egypt postpones mass trial once more amid protests from lawyers

A mass trial of 494 protestors in Egypt, including an Irish teen facing the death penalty, has been postponed for the eighth time in nearly two years.
May 29, 2015

Saudi Arabia carries out 90th execution of the year

Amnesty International has condemned Saudi Arabia’s “alarming surge” in executions as the country carried out its 90th execution of the year.
May 11, 2015

UAE court orders revew of torture evidence in migrant worker death row case

Abu Dhabi’s highest court has commissioned a review of medical evidence in the case of an Indian migrant worker sentenced to death on the basis of a forced confession
May 8, 2015

Child rights organisations concern over Pakistani death row juvenile

A group of prominent rights organisations have written to Pakistan's interior minister expressing concern over the case of Shafqat Hussain, sentenced to death as a juvenile.
May 6, 2015

Pakistan court stays execution of man convicted as a juvenile

A Pakistan court has stayed the execution of Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death as a juvenile and was due to be executed today.
April 24, 2015

Pakistan sets execution date for man arrested as juvenile

The Pakistani government has issued a so-called 'Black Warrant' for the execution of a man who was a juvenile when he was arrested and tortured into a 'confession'.
April 19, 2015

Court allows challenge to execution of Pakistani convicted as juvenile

The Islamabad High Court has said it will hear the first significant legal challenge to the execution of a Pakistani who was convicted as a juvenile.