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October 10, 2016

UN calls on Saudi Arabia to halt child executions

The UN’s child rights committee has called on Saudi Arabia to end the death penalty for children, amid fears for three juveniles who face beheading in relation to protests.
September 29, 2016

Pakistan ‘may limit’ death penalty, amid fears for mentally ill prisoner

Pakistan says it is seeking ways to limit the scope of the death penalty, amid fears for a mentally ill prisoner who faces hanging as early as next week.
September 19, 2016

Pakistan set to execute mentally ill man despite medical evidence

A severely mentally ill man faces hanging in Pakistan tomorrow (20 September 2016) despite a medical report that diagnosed him as “insane”. Pakistan has signed international agreements banning the execution of mentally ill prisoners.
August 1, 2016

Ministers urged to correct claims on Saudi juveniles

The international human rights organisation Reprieve is urging the UK Government to correct inaccurate statements it has made about three juveniles facing beheading in Saudi Arabia.
June 24, 2016

UN drugs agency report ignores global drug execution crisis

A new report by the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime fails to mention the use of the death penalty for drug crimes, despite a surge in executions of alleged drug offenders in countries where the UN agency funds counter-narcotics police.
June 22, 2016

Saudi Prince to meet UN chief as juveniles await beheading

The UN Secretary-General must use a meeting with the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia today (22 June 2016) to call for the release of three Saudi juveniles who face beheading after allegedly attending protests, the human rights organisation Reprieve has said.
June 8, 2016

UK training Saudi police in techniques that risk torture

The UK College of Policing is teaching the Saudi Arabian interior ministry high-tech forensic skills that risk being “used to identify individuals who later go on to be tortured”, an internal police report obtained by the human rights charity Reprieve reveals.
June 7, 2016

Pakistan to consider case of juvenile facing hanging

Judges in Pakistan will tomorrow consider the case of a prisoner who could be hanged at as little as three days’ notice, despite evidence that he was arrested as a child.
May 19, 2016

Pakistan to consider case of juvenile facing hanging

The Supreme Court in Pakistan is to consider the case of a prisoner who could be hanged at as little as three days’ notice, despite evidence that he was arrested as a child.
April 13, 2016

Concerns after Irish juvenile ‘disappears’ from Egyptian jail

The Irish government has faced criticism after it was forced to correct a statement on the whereabouts of Ibrahim Halawa, a juvenile from Dublin who faces the death penalty in Egypt.