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Dödsdomar
Här avkunnades dödsdomar 2012 Siffrorna gäller antalet bekräftade dödsdomar. Ett + efter antalet dödsdomar betyder att det sannolikt avkunnats många fler, men att de inte har kunnat bekräftas på grund av att regimen håller statistiken hemlig. Afghanistan + Algeriet 153+ Bahrain 1 Bangladesh 45+ Barbados 2 Botswana 5 Burma 17+ ...
Argument mot dödsstraffet Det finns inga hållbara argument för dödsstraffet, det är grymt, godtyckligt och diskriminerande. I värsta fall avrättas dessutom oskyldiga. Dödsstraffet kränker rätten till liv Rätten till liv och rätten att inte utsättas för tortyr eller grym, omänsklig eller förnedrande behandling eller bestraffning som föreskrivs i artikel 5 ...
Flera bakslag men också ljuspunkter under 2012 Under 2012 återupptogs avrättningar i flera länder som inte har har genomfört avrättningar under några år; Indien, Gambia, Japan och Pakistan. Och i Irak var det nästan en fördubbling av antalet avrättningar, från 68 under 2011 till 129 under 2012. Men det står ...
Amnestys arbete
Amnesty Internationals vision och åtagande Amnesty Internationals vision är en värld där varje människa åtnjuter alla de rättigheter som ingår i FN:s allmänna förklaring om de mänskliga rättigheterna. Amnesty International utreder och dokumenterar allvarliga kränkningar av mänskliga rättigheter. Vi utövar påtryckningar mot makthavare för att förebygga, förhindra och stoppa dessa ...
De mänskliga rättigheterna ska gälla alla, alltid Amnesty Internationals vision är en värld där varje människa åtnjuter alla de rättigheter som ingår i FN:s allmänna förklaring om de mänskliga rättigheterna. Amnesty International utreder och dokumenterar allvarliga kränkningar av mänskliga rättigheter. Vi utövar påtryckningar mot makthavare för att förebygga, förhindra och ...
Aktionsgruppen mot dödsstraffet
Aktionsgruppen mot dödsstraffet Varje år avrättas tusentals människor världen över genom halshuggning, arkebusering, dödlig injektion, elektriska stolen, stening och hängning. Ytterligare tusentals människor sitter just nu i dödsceller runt om i världen och väntar på sin avrättning. Dödsstraffet är det yttersta förnekandet av mänskliga rättigheter och den mest extrema formen ...
Hur länge kan man blunda för verkligheten? Dagligen "försvinner" det människor i Kina, i USA genomfördes 46 avrättningar 2010 och tortyr är mycket vanligt i Vitryssland. Detta är verkligheten och vi vill stoppa dessa grymheter. Stöd vårt arbete, bli medlem. Vi vill rikta ett stort tack till de som ...
Avrättningsmetoder Amnesty motsätter sig dödsstraffet i alla former, utan undantag, oavsett brott, förövare, eller metod som används vid avrättningen. Arkebusering Vid arkebusering utförs avrättningen antingen av en bödel eller av en exekutionspluton. Fången förs fram med huvudet täckt och ställs upp för att invänta skotten. Ett pistolskott mot huvudet åstadkommer omedelbar medvetslöshet ...
Dödsstraffet i världen Trots vissa bakslag under 2012, fortsätter den globala trenden mot ett avskaffande av dödsstraffet, säger Amnesty i sin årliga rapport om dödsstraffet i världen. Under 2012 kunde Amnesty bekräfta 682 avrättningar. Mörkertalet är dock stort eftersom många länder avrättar i hemlighet. Siffrorna inbegriper heller inte Kina, där ...
Dödsstraff för "icke"-brott
Fem “brott” som straffas med döden Även om de allra flesta länder har vänt ryggen mot dödsstraffet, behåller vissa länder det även för handlingar som utomäktenskapligt sex,opposition mot regeringen, förolämpning av religionen eller till och med att dricka alkohol. Trots att det är förbjudet enligt internationell rätt att utdöma dödsstraff ...
Åtagandets utveckling
Utvecklingen av Amnestys åtagande Amnesty International började 1961 som en organisation som jobbade för att få samvetsfångar världen över fria. Idag ser Amnestys åtagande helt annorlunda ut och många förändringar var väldigt kontroversiella. Hur skedde detta och vilka steg var Amnesty tvungna att gå på vägen? Bakgrunden till Amnestys åtagande ...
Aktiviteter om dödsstraffet
Aktiviteter om dödsstraffet Dödsstraffet är ett tema som återkommer inom Amnestys prioriterade arbete och som alltid är lika aktuellt. Aktioner mot dödsstraffet kan innebära allt ifrån att köpa snabbmat till att boka in en skåpbil och utrusta den med tv och docka. På sidorna om dödstraffet hittar du aktuell information ...
Dödsstraffet regionalt
Dödstraffet regionalt Afrika Minst 40 avrättningar genomfördes i fem länder i Afrika söder om Sahara. I augusti dödades nio personer i Gambia på en dag - de första avrättningarna där på nästan tre decennier. Minst 19 avrättningar rapporterades i Sudan 2012. Minst 199 dödsdomar har utdömts. Benin anslöt sig den ...
UA 135/13 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - DEATH PENALTY PROPOSALS PUT LIVES AT RISK
PAPUA NEW GUINEA At least ten people under sentence of death will be at risk of execution if legal amendments to facilitate the resumption of executions are passed in Papua New Guinea. The Government has announced that Parliament will imminently debate these draft legal changes. Executions have not ...
Further information on UA 356/12 CHINA - CHINESE DEATH ROW PRISONER ENDS LIFE
CHINA The family of Li Xin, a Chinese man facing execution, reports that he ended his life on 29 January. Exact details of his death are unavailable. Li Xin was sentenced to death for trafficking, selling and transporting 1,925 grams of methamphetamines by the Dehong Daizu ...
UA 130/13 YEMEN - THREE MEN AT RISK OF IMMINENT EXECUTION
YEMEN Three Yemeni men are at risk of imminent execution in the coming week after local authorities informed them and their families that they have received orders to carry out their executions. One of the men claims to have been a juvenile at the time of the alleged ...
UA 128/13 INDONESIA - THREE MEN EXECUTED IN INDONESIA
INDONESIA Suryadi Swabuana, Jurit bin Abdullah, and Ibrahim bin Ujang were executed by firing squad late at night on 16 May 2013. Suryadi Swabuana was convicted and sentenced to death in 1992 for the premeditated murder of a family in South Sumatra province. His clemency application was ...
UA 128/13 INDONESIA - THREE MEN TO BE EXECUTED IN INDONESIA
INDONESIA Three men in Indonesia are facing imminent execution, possibly as early as the evening of 16 May. The three have been moved to isolation cells and family members have travelled to be close to them. According to a statement by the Attorney General’s Office today, Suryadi ...
Further information on UA 113/13 USA - MISSISSIPPI EXECUTION BLOCKED BY STATE COURT
USA The Supreme Court of Mississippi granted Willie Manning a stay of execution on 7 May, about five hours before he was due to be put to death. He has been on death row for over 18 years; he was convicted in 1994 of two murders committed in ...
Further information on UA 23/12 YEMEN - YEMENI MAN'S EXECUTION HALTED ONCE AGAIN
YEMEN A Yemeni man who had been told that he would be executed as early as 5 May was granted a stay of execution on 4 May. His case, and those of all others on death row whose ages are disputed, will be reviewed by a medical examination ...
UA 113/13 USA - EXECUTION SET AMID DNA AND RACISM DISPUTES
USA (MISSISSIPPI) Willie Manning is due to be executed in Mississippi on 7 May for two murders committed in 1992. He is seeking clemency or at least a stay of execution in order for DNA and other testing of crime evidence to be carried out. He maintains his ...
UA 91/13 INDIA - EXECUTION IMMINENT AFTER PLEA REJECTED
INDIA The Supreme Court of India rejected the commutation plea of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar on 12 April. This verdict could affect the cases of at least 17 more prisoners. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar was sentenced to death in August 2001 for his involvement in a bomb ...
Further information on UA 259/12 IRAQ - FOUR MEN EXECUTED IN IRAQ, TWO REMAIN AT RISK
IRAQ Four men were executed in Iraq yesterday. Two more men, including one Saudi Arabian national, could be executed at any time. Four Iraqi nationals were executed on 2 April; they are Manaf ‘Abdulrahim ‘Abdulhamid ‘Issa al-Rawi, Mohammad Nouri Matar Yassin, Ibrahim ‘Abdulqader ‘Ali ‘Antik, and Mohammad ...
Further information on UA 57/13 YEMEN - MUHAMMAD HAZA'A EXECUTED
YEMEN Muhammad Abdul Karim Muhammad Haza’a was executed on 9 March despite international and local appeals, including a request by the Yemeni Attorney General to review his case, since his age had been disputed. Muhammad Abdul Karim Muhammad Haza’a was executed at 11am on 9 March, in ...
Further information on UA 57/13 YEMEN - YEMENI MAN TO BE EXECUTED WITHIN DAYS
YEMEN Muhammad Abdul Karim Muhammad Haza’a is scheduled to be executed on 9 March. His age at the time of his alleged crime remains in dispute. Muhammad Abdul Karim Muhammad Haza’a is scheduled to be executed on 9 March for the alleged killing of a man that ...
Further information on UA 58/13 SAUDI ARABIA - EXECUTIONS OF SEVEN MEN POSTPONED
SAUDI ARABIA Seven Saudi Arabian men have had their executions postponed (they were originally scheduled for 5 March). They could be executed as early as next week. In August 2009, the General Court in the south-western town of Abha, Saudi Arabia, found seven men (all in their ...
UA 59/13 YEMEN - YEMENI MAN AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION
YEMEN A 55-year-old Yemeni man is at imminent risk of execution after spending 20 years in prison. The Supreme Court has upheld his death sentence, despite previous Appeal Court decisions to commute it to 10 years' imprisonment. A 55-year-old Yemeni man, Muhammad Abdullah Ali Hambaj, has exhausted ...
UA 58/13 SAUDI ARABIA - SEVEN MEN TO BE EXECUTED
SAUDI ARABIA Seven Saudi Arabian men are scheduled to be executed on 5 March. They have said they were tortured to make them “confess”, and sentenced to death following a summary trial that was grossly unfair. Seven Saudi Arabian men, all in their 20s, are scheduled to ...
Further information on UA 47/13 USA - FEDERAL COURT BLOCKS FLORIDA EXECUTION
USA A US federal court has stopped the execution of Paul Howell, who was scheduled to be put to death in Florida at 6pm on 26 February for the murder of a police officer in 1992. On 23 February, a US District Court denied Paul Howell’s emergency ...
UA 47/13 USA - MAN DENIED FEDERAL REVIEW SET FOR EXECUTION
USA Paul Howell, a 47-year-old man, is due to be executed in Florida at 6pm on 26 February for the murder of a police officer in 1992. As his appeal lawyer missed a filing deadline, the case has had no federal judicial review on the merits of the ...
Further Information on UA 337/12 INDIA - NINE PRISONERS AT RISK OF EXECUTION
INDIA Following two recent secret executions in India, there is fear that the Indian authorities may execute nine other prisoners whose petitions for mercy have not yet been ruled on. The mercy petitions of eight men and one woman are pending with either the Union Home Ministry ...
UA 41/13 INDIA - EXECUTION OF FOUR MEN IMMINENT
INDIA Four men are at imminent risk of execution after India's president rejected their petitions for mercy. They were sentenced to death in 2004 for their involvement in a landmine explosion that killed 22 people. Indian president has rejected four men's petitions for mercy, putting them in ...
Further information on UA 23/13 YEMEN - YEMENI MAN GRANTED STAY OF EXECUTION
YEMEN Muhammad Abdul Wahhab Faysal al-Qassem’s execution has been suspended, pending further investigations into his case and age. Muhammad Abdul Wahhab Faysal al-Qassem, has been granted a stay of execution by the Yemeni President on 6 February, he had been informed that he would be executed on ...
Further information on UA 324/08 SAUDI ARABIA - MAN EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
SAUDI ARABIA Abdullah Fandi al-Shammari was executed on 5 February in the city of Hail, in northern Saudi Arabia, for a killing committed in 1981 or 1982. He had spent over 30 years in prison before he was executed. On 5 February, Abdullah bin Fandi bin Ghazi ...
Further information on UA 23/13 YEMEN - YEMENI MAN TO BE EXECUTED ON 10 FEBRUARY
YEMEN Muhammad Abdul Wahhab Faysal al-Qassem has been told by the General Prosecutor's office that he will be executed this coming Sunday. His age at the time of the murder for which he was condemned to death is still disputed. Muhammad Abdul Wahhab Faysal al-Qassem was sentenced ...
Further information on UA 175/07 SAUDI ARABIA - SRI LANKAN WOMAN EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
SAUDI ARABIA Rizana Nafeek was executed on 9 January in Dawadmi, a town west of the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. Aged only 17 years at the time, Sri Lankan domestic worker Rizana Nafeek was arrested in May 2005 on charges of murdering an infant in her care. On ...
UA 354/12 IRAQ - DEATH SENTENCES AFTER COERCED ‘CONFESSIONS’
IRAQ Four Iraqi men were sentenced to death on 3 December following the broadcast of their coerced “confessions”, taken while they were held incommunicado in pre-trial detention. Nabhan ‘Adel Hamdi, Mu’ad Muhammad ‘Abed, ‘Amer Ahmad Kassar and a fourth man, now known to be Shakir Mahmoud ‘Anad, ...
UA 337/12 INDIA - 16 PRISONERS AT RISK OF EXECUTION
INDIA Following the recent execution of Ajmal Kasab, there is fear that Indian authorities may similarly execute other prisoners with petitions for mercy currently pending. On 21 November, the Indian government executed Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab, convicted for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. This was ...
UA 317/12 NIGERIA - TWO PRISONERS AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION
NIGERIA Two prisoners on death row in Benin City, Edo State, south west Nigeria are in imminent danger of being executed, after the governor signed their death warrants in early October. Court cases are pending to stay the executions. At the beginning of October, the Governor of ...
Further information on UA 311/12 USA - TEXAS EXECUTES INMATE FOR CRIME AT AGE 19
USA Forty-year-old Bobby Hines was executed in Texas on 24 October for a murder committed when he was 19. In 1992, Bobby Hines (then 19) was convicted of the murder of Michelle Haupt during a burglary in 1991. At his sentencing hearing, which lasted a day, his ...
UA 311/12 USA - ANOTHER TEXAS EXECUTION SET FOR CRIME AT 19
USA Forty-year-old Bobby Hines is due to be executed in Texas on 24 October for a murder committed when he was 19. The jury that sentenced him to death heard no expert mitigation evidence about the impacts of his severely abusive childhood. On 20 October 1991, the ...
Further information on UA 261/12 USA - PENNSYLVANIA EXECUTION BLOCKED BY COURTS
USA On 3 October, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the stay of execution granted to Terrance Williams by a lower court judge on 28 September. Williams had been scheduled to be executed on 3 October for a murder committed when he was 18. The body of 56-year-old ...
UA 270/12 USA - TEXAS MAN FACES EXECUTION FOR CRIME AT AGE 19
USA Anthony Haynes is due to be executed in Texas on 18 October for the murder of an off-duty police officer committed when he was 19 years old. Claims of racial discrimination, inadequate legal representation and judicial misconduct have marked the case. In 1999, Anthony Haynes was ...
UA 261/12 USA - OPPOSITION TO PENNSYLVANIA EXECUTION GROWS
USA Terrance Williams, a 46-year-old African American man, is due to be executed on 3 October in Pennsylvania for a murder committed when he was 18. The victim’s widow, five of the trial jurors, and numerous experts on child abuse have called for clemency. The body of ...
UA 259/12 IRAQ - SIX MEN AT RISK OF EXECUTION IN IRAQ
IRAQ At least six men, including one Saudi Arabian national, are at risk of execution in Iraq. Five of them have had their sentenced sent for ratification by the Iraqi Presidency. They may be executed at any time. Saudi Arabian national ‘Abdullah ‘Azzam Saleh Musfer al-Qahtani, and ...
UA 256/12 IRAQ - FIVE LIBYANS RISK IMMINENT EXECUTION IN IRAQ
IRAQ Five Libyan nationals are believed to be at risk of imminent execution in Iraq. Their sentences have been upheld and three of them could have been transferred for execution. According to information received by Amnesty International the five Libyan nationals were sentenced to death on terrorism ...
Further information on UA 247/12 THE GAMBIA - AT LEAST 38 PRISONERS AT RISK OF EXECUTION
THE GAMBIA The Gambian government has confirmed the execution of nine death row prisoners by firing squad. The individuals were taken from their cells the evening of 23 August and executed shortly after. The Gambian government should immediately halt any further executions and impose an official moratorium on ...
Further information on UA 199/12 USA - ARIZONA PERFORMS USA’S 26TH EXECUTION OF 2012
USA Daniel Cook was executed in Arizona on 8 August. The clemency board denied clemency and the US Supreme Court refused to intervene. On the night of 19/20 July 1987, Carlos Cruz-Ramos and Kevin Swaney were abused and killed in the apartment in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, ...
UA 240/12 IRAN - IRANIAN MAN AT RISK OF EXECUTION
IRAN An Iranian man, Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, is scheduled to be executed on 10 September, on the charge of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) for his alleged support of a banned Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). The family of Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, aged ...
Further information on UA 227/12 USA - TEXAS EXECUTES MAN DESPITE MENTAL DISABILITY
USA Marvin Wilson was executed in Texas on 7 August for a murder in 1992. The state clemency authorities and the US Supreme Court refused to intervene despite evidence that the level of his intellectual disability rendered his execution unconstitutional. In 2002, the US Supreme Court, in Atkins ...
Further information on UA 165/12 IRAN - EXECUTION LOOMS FOR SAEED SEDEGHI
IRAN Saeed Sedeghi, a shop worker sentenced to death for a drugs offence, appears to be at imminent risk of execution. He was transferred from Tehran's Kahrizak detention centre to Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on 1 August, where he could be executed at any time. On ...
UA 227/12 USA - MENTAL DISABILITY CLAIM AS EXECUTION IMMINENT
USA A 54-year-old African American man, Marvin Wilson, is due to be executed in Texas on 7 August for a murder committed in 1992. A clinical neuropsychologist has concluded that he has an intellectual disability that would render his execution unconstitutional. On 4 November 1992, Marvin Wilson ...
Further information on UA 223/12 USA - COURT ISSUES STAY OF EXECUTION IN TEXAS
USA The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay of execution for Marcus Druery, who was due to be executed in Texas on 1 August, for a murder in 2002. On 11 July 2012, Marcus Druery’s lawyers filed a motion in a Texas trial-level court ...
Further information on UA 186/12 USA - OHIO GOVERNOR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
USA The Governor of Ohio has commuted the death sentence of 63-year-old John Eley, who was due to be executed on 26 July for a murder committed in 1986. Ihsan Aydah was shot on 26 August 1986 during a robbery of his store in Youngstown, Ohio, and ...
UA 197/12 USA - EXECUTION SCHEDULED DESPITE MENTAL DISABILITY
USA Warren Hill, a 52-year-old African American man, is due to be executed in the US state of Georgia on 18 July for the 1990 murder of a fellow prisoner. He has a mental disability the seriousness of which leaves the constitutionality of his execution in real doubt. ...
UA 199/12 USA - ARIZONA EXECUTION OPPOSED BY PROSECUTOR
USA Daniel Cook is scheduled to be executed in Arizona on 8 August. The lead prosecutor from the 1988 trial has said that he would not have sought the death penalty if he had known about Cook’s background of severe childhood abuse and mental disorders. On the ...
Further information on UA 166/12 USA - CLEMENCY PETITION FILED FOR TEXAS INMATE
USA Lawyers for Yokamon Hearn, who remains scheduled to be executed in Texas on 18 July, are making a final bid in the courts and before the Texas clemency authorities to stop the execution, highlighting what they say was his earlier inadequate legal representation. On 27 June, ...
UA 186/12 USA - PROSECUTOR AND JUDGE OPPOSE OHIO EXECUTION
USA John Eley, aged 63, is due to be executed in the US state of Ohio on 26 July for a murder committed in 1986. The prosecutor who obtained the death sentence, one of the judges who passed it, and the detective who obtained Eley’s confession, oppose his ...
Further information on UA 176/12 USA - ARIZONA CARRIES OUT USA’S 1300TH EXECUTION
USA Sammy Lopez was executed in the US state of Arizona on 27 June for a murder committed in 1986. Samuel Villegas Lopez (known as Sammy Lopez) was sentenced to death for the murder in October 1986 of Estefana Holmes, a 59-year-old woman. The details of the ...
Further information on UA 77/12 IRAN - FOUR ARAB MEN EXECUTED; FATE OF ONE UNKNOWN
IRAN At least four members of Iran's Ahwazi Arab minority are believed to have been executed in the south-western province of Khuzestan on or around 18 June. The fate of a fifth man held in the same case is unknown. Three brothers, Abd al-Rahman Heidarian (also known ...
UA 176/12 USA - MEXICAN AMERICAN FACING EXECUTION IN ARIZONA
USA Sammy Lopez is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Arizona on 27 June for a murder committed in 1986. The details of his background of extreme poverty and severe childhood abuse and its effects on him were not presented to the sentencing judge. The ...
Further information on UA 155/12 USA - FIFTH MISSISSIPPI EXECUTION OF 2012 GOES AHEAD
USA Michael Brawner was executed in Mississippi on 12 June for a quadruple murder in 2001. This was the fifth execution in Mississippi so far this year, out of 21 nationwide. On 25 April 2001, 24-year-old Michael Brawner shot dead Barbara Brawner, from whom he had been ...
UA 165/12 IRAN - MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR DRUGS OFFENCE
IRAN An Iranian man, Saeed Sedeghi, was sentenced to death on 2 June for an alleged drugs offence. He may be facing imminent execution, as those convicted of drugs offences in Iran have no meaningful right of appeal. Saeed Sedeghi was arrested along with three other men in ...
Further information on UA 225/10 IRAQ - SADDAM AIDE HANGED, OTHERS FACE EXECUTION
IRAQ Saddam Hussain's former private secretary was executed in Iraq on 7 June 2012. Two former ministers sentenced in the same trial to death could be at imminent risk of execution. Abid Hamid Mahmoud, also known as Abed Hamoud, was executed by hanging on 7 June, as ...
Further information on UA 151/12 USA - GOVERNOR GRANTS REPRIEVE FROM EXECUTION
USA The Governor of Ohio has granted a two-week reprieve to a Lebanese national with mental illness who was facing execution on 6 June. The reprieve is to allow a court more time to examine the question of whether the inmate is “competent” for execution. Abdul Hamin ...
UA 166/12 USA - TEXAS SET TO KILL ANOTHER YOUNG OFFENDER
USA Yokamon Hearn is scheduled to be executed in Texas on the evening of 18 July for a murder committed in 1998, when he was 19 years old. His lawyers maintain that he has a mental disability that would render his execution unconstitutional. Yokamon Laneal Hearn was sentenced ...
UA 113/12 IRAN - IRANIAN-CANADIAN FACING EXECUTION IN IRAN
IRAN A man with dual Iranian-Canadian nationality, Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, appears to be at imminent risk of execution. His family were told on 15 April that his death sentence had been passed to the body within the Judiciary that carries out executions. Hamid Ghassemi-Shall was arrested on 24 ...
Further information on UA 93/12 USA - EXECUTION IN OHIO AS GOVERNOR DENIES MERCY
USA Mark Wiles was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Ohio on 18 April for a murder committed in 1985. The governor denied clemency on 11 April. Mark Wiles had been on death row for more than a quarter of a century. Mark Wiles ...
Further information on UA 197/11 CHINA - TWO MEN EXECUTED IN CHINA
CHINA A Hong Kong man, Robert Shan Shiao-may, and a Taiwanese man, Lien Sung-ching, were executed in mainland China on 30 March after the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing approved their death sentences. Robert Shan Shiao-may, aged 54, was sentenced to death on 26 June 2009 for ...
Further information on UA 296/09 SINGAPORE - THIRD APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE REJECTED
SINGAPORE Yong Vui Kong’s third appeal application against his death sentence was rejected on 4 April. Only an act of clemency from the President of Singapore can stop his execution from going ahead. Yong Vui Kong has already spent over four years on death row. In January, ...
Further information on UA 65/12 USA - FEDERAL COURT BLOCKS ALABAMA EXECUTION
USA Seventy-year-old Alabama death row prisoner Thomas Arthur has received a stay of execution from a federal court. He had been scheduled to be executed on the evening of 29 March for a murder committed in 1982. The stay was issued on the grounds of Thomas Arthur's ...
UA 93/12 USA - OHIO GOVERNOR TO DECIDE ON EXECUTION
USA Mark Wiles is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Ohio on 18 April for a murder in 1985. He has spent more than half of his life on death row. The parole board has recommended that the governor deny clemency, but he is not ...
Further information on UA 102/10 IRAN - CLEMENCY DENIED FOR IRANIAN MAN ON DEATH ROW
IRAN An Iranian teacher who was convicted of moharebeh (enmity against God) and sentenced to death has had his request for pardon rejected. He is at risk of imminent execution. The teacher, Abdolreza Ghanbari, was arrested at his workplace after anti-government demonstrations took place on 27 December ...
UA 87/12 IRAN - EXECUTION FEARS FOR KURD POLITICAL PRISONER
IRAN Habibollah Golparipour, a member of Iran's Kurdish minority on death row, has been transferred to Semnan Prison, northern Iran. His family have not been allowed to visit him since his transfer, and he may be at imminent risk of execution. Habibollah Golparipour was arrested on 27 ...
UA 73/12 USA - CANADIAN ON DEATH ROW IN USA SEEKS CLEMENCY
USA A Canadian man on death row in the US state of Montana for a double murder committed in 1982 is seeking clemency, having exhausted his court appeals. His clemency hearing has been set for 2 May, with written submissions to the parole board due by 11 April. ...
UA 65/12 USA - ALABAMA SETS EXECUTION OF 70-YEAR-OLD MAN
USA Thomas Arthur, aged 70, is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Alabama on 29 March for a murder committed in 1982. He has been on death row for more than 25 years. On 1 February 1982, police were called to the home in ...
UA 36/12 USA - THREE DECADES ON DEATH ROW, EXECUTION SET
USA A 65-year-old man is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Florida on 15 February for a murder committed in January 1980. He has been on death row for half of his life. In September 1980, 33-year-old Robert Waterhouse was sentenced to death for ...
UA 10/12 CHINA - MACAU RESIDENT AT RISK OF EXECUTION IN CHINA
CHINA A man sentenced to death in China for drugs offences, Lau Fat-wai, is currently having his case reviewed by the Supreme People's Court. If the Supreme People's Court upholds his death sentence, he could be executed within a week of the court's decision. Lau Fat-wai is a resident of ...
Further information on UA 5/12 USA - BOARD RECOMMENDS MERCY AS EXECUTION LOOMS
USA The Delaware Board of Pardons has recommended that the state governor commute the death sentence of Robert Gattis to life imprisonment. The Governor has until 20 January, the day of the scheduled execution, to decide if he will accept the recommendation. Robert Gattis, now 49 years old, has been ...
Further information on UA 296/09 SINGAPORE - YOUNG MAN AT RISK OF EXECUTION IN SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE Yong Vui Kong, a young Malaysian man on death row in Singapore, was fortunately not executed as expected in 2011. On 15 January, friends and activists risked arrest by publicly gathering to mark his upcoming birthday. The election of Singapore's new President provides a fresh opportunity to call for ...
Further information on UA 122/11 BAHRAIN - BAHRAIN DEATH SENTENCES QUASHED
BAHRAIN Two Bahraini men's death sentences imposed by a military court were quashed on 9 January. The cases have been sent to a civilian court of appeal. ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Hassan al-Sankis and ‘Abdulaziz ‘Abdulridha Ibrahim Hussain’s death sentences were quashed by the Court of Cassation in Bahrain on 9 January. ...
UA 5/12 USA - MERCY SOUGHT AS DELAWARE EXECUTION NEARS
USA Robert Gattis is scheduled to be executed in the US state of Delaware on 20 January for a murder committed in 1990. Aged 27 at the time of the crime, he is now 49 after spending almost 20 years on death row. He is seeking commutation of his death ...
UA 3/12 IRAN - NEW EXECUTION FEARS FOR SAKINEH MOHAMMADI
IRAN In late December, reports appeared in the Iranian press apparently reiterating that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman facing execution in Iran, could be executed by hanging instead of stoning. This recent press coverage indicates that she remains at risk of execution, which could be ordered at any time. Sakineh ...
Further information on UA 122/11 BAHRAIN - EXECUTION DECISION POSTPONED UNTIL 9 JANUARY
BAHRAIN Two men's death sentences imposed by a military court in Bahrain will now be ruled on in January. Amnesty International is calling for their execution not to be carried out and for a re-trial in a civilian court. ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Hassan al-Sankis and ‘Abdulaziz ‘Abdulridha Ibrahim ...
UA 342/11 JAPAN - MINISTER PRESSURED TO CARRY OUT EXECUTIONS
JAPAN Thirteen members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult found guilty of carrying out the gas attack in the Tokyo subway in 1995 are at imminent risk of execution. The Japanese Minister of Justice is under pressure from other ministers to carry out executions before 2012. This means the ...
Further information on UA 193/11 IRAQ - TWELVE MEN EXECUTED; THREE REMAIN AT RISK
IRAQ Three men in Iraq are at risk of execution. Twelve men convicted on the same charges were executed on 24 November 2011. Twelve alleged members of armed opposition groups were executed in Iraq on 24 November 2011. They included Firas Hassan Fleih al-Juburi, said to be ...
Further information on UA 21/09 SAUDI ARABIA - IRAQI MAN EXECUTED
SAUDI ARABIA Muhammad bin Abd Rab al-Amir bin Ali al-Shammari (previously spelled Mohammad Abdul Amir) an Iraqi national aged 36, was arrested in 1995 and charged with the murder of a Saudi Arabian man. He was executed in the town of on Arar, near Saudi Arabia's border with ...
Further information on UA 308/11 USA - GOVERNOR IMPOSES MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
USA The Governor of Oregon has blocked an imminent execution – which would have been the first in this US state since 1997 and only the third since 1962 – and said that he will allow no further executions while he is governor. Governor John Kitzhaber announced ...
Further information on UA 325/11 USA - IDAHO CARRIES OUT FIRST EXECUTION SINCE 1994
USA On the morning of 18 November, the US state of Idaho carried out its first execution in 17 years, and only its second since 1957. Paul Rhoades, aged 54, was put to death by lethal injection after more than two decades on death row. Paul Rhoades, ...
Further information on UA 226/11 IRAQ - TUNISIAN NATIONAL EXECUTED IN IRAQ
IRAQ Tunisian national Yosri ben Fakher Trigui was executed in Iraq on 16 November along with 10 other people. Yosri ben Fakher Trigui was executed in Iraq on 16 November according to an official communication issued by the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the same day. The ...
Further information on UA 331/11 USA - OHIO EXECUTES MENTALLY ILL MAN
USA Reginald Brooks, a 66-year-old man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was executed in Ohio, USA on 15 November, after nearly three decades on death row. He was sentenced to death in November 1983 for killing his three sons in March 1982. Ohio Governor John Kasich announced on ...
UA 331/11 USA - EXECUTION OF MENTALLY ILL MAN IN OHIO IMMINENT
USA A 66-year-old man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia is facing imminent execution in Ohio, after nearly three decades on death row. Convicted of killing his three sons in 1982, Reginald Brooks is due to be put to death by lethal injection on 15 November. Reginald Brooks, then ...
UA 325/11 USA - FIRST IDAHO EXECUTION IN 17 YEARS IMMINENT
USA The US state of Idaho is scheduled to carry out its first execution since 1994, and only its second in more than half a century. Paul Rhoades is due to be put to death by lethal injection on 18 November. He has been on death row since ...
UA 311/11 IRAQ - 53 PEOPLE AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION IN IRAQ
IRAQ The death sentences of 53 people, including five foreign nationals, were ratified by the Iraqi presidency on 20 October. They are at imminent risk of execution. On 20 October the Chief of staff of the Iraqi Presidential Council, Nassir al-Ani, told Iraqi media that the Council ...
UA 310/11 SAUDI ARABIA - INDONESIAN WORKER AT RISK OF EXECUTION
SAUDI ARABIA An Indonesian domestic worker may be at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia. She may have exhausted all her appeals and could be executed as early as November. Tuti Turilawati, aged 27, was sentenced to death for the murder of her employer. She reportedly ...
UA 308/11 USA - FIRST OREGON EXECUTION IN 14 YEARS LOOMING
USA The first execution in Oregon since 1997, and only the third in this US state since 1962, looks set to be scheduled for 6 December. Questions remain about the mental competence of the condemned prisoner, who has chosen to give up his appeals against his death sentence. ...
UA 307/11 IRAN - IRANIAN KURDS AT RISK OF IMMINENT EXECUTION
IRAN The death sentences against Loghman Moradi and Zaniar Moradi, two members of Iran’s Kurdish minority have been upheld by the Supreme Court. They could now be executed at any time. Zaniar (or Zanyar) Moradi and Loghman (or Loqman) Moradi were sentenced to public hanging on 22 ...
Further information on UA 225/11 USA - FLORIDA EXECUTION GOES AHEAD
USA Manuel Valle, a 61-year-old Cuban national, was executed on the evening of 28 September in the US state of Florida. Manuel Valle was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida. He had been convicted of the murder of a police officer in ...
UA: 295/11 SAUDI ARABIA - SURGE IN EXECUTIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA
SAUDI ARABIA Eight men on death row have been executed in Saudi Arabia since 5 September, representing a dramatic increase in the number of executions. It is feared that more executions could be carried out at any time. Since the end of the Holy month of Ramadan, executions have resumed ...
Further information on UA: 277/11 CHINA - PAKISTANI MAN EXECUTED IN SHANGHAI, CHINA
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Further information on UA: 110/11 USA - GEORGIA EXECUTES TROY DAVIS
USA Troy Davis was sentenced to death in 1991 for the murder of a police officer and has been on death row since then. He was executed by lethal injection at the Jackson state prison in Georgia, USA, on 21 September, despite serious doubts surrounding his conviction. In his final ...
Further information on UA: 225/11 USA - FLORIDA RESETS EXECUTION OF CUBAN NATIONAL
USA - FLORIDA Manuel Valle, a Cuban national, is due to be executed in Florida at 4pm on 28 September. He was convicted of the murder of a police officer in 1978. He was 27 when first sent to death row. He is now 61, having spent over three decades ...
UA: 277/11 CHINA - PAKISTANI MAN FACES EXECUTION IN CHINA
CHINA A Pakistani man, Syed Zahid Hussain Shah, 36, faces imminent execution in China. The Supreme People’s Court in ...
FU UA: 279/09 YEMEN - FIVE MEN CLOSE TO EXECUTION
YEMEN Five men under sentence of death in Yemen are at imminent risk of execution, possibly within days. The five men, aged between 25 and 29, who are all related, were sentenced to death in July 2006 for the murder of two men. They are held at the Central Prison ...
UA 260/11 TAIWAN - UNFAIR TRIAL LEADS TO IMMMINENT EXECUTION
TAIWAN A Taiwanese man, Chiou Ho-shun, is in imminent danger of execution. He was sentenced to death in 1989 after an unfair trial. On 25 August, the Prosecutor General rejected a request to seek an extraordinary appeal for a retrial. Chiou Ho-shun was detained in 1988 and ...
UA 247/11 YEMEN - YEMENI MAN AT RISK OF EXECUTION
YEMEN Ahmed Omar al-Abbadi al-Markashi, a Yemeni security guard, had his death sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal in June 2011. If his death sentence is approved by the Supreme Court and then the Vice President, he will be at imminent risk of execution. Ahmed al-Markashi ...
UA 246/11 INDIA - THREE MEN FACE IMMINENT EXECUTION
INDIA Two Sri Lankans and an Indian national convicted for the assassination of India’s former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, are facing imminent execution in Vellore prison in Tamil Nadu, India. This follows the rejection of their mercy petitions by the President of India. If carried out, these would ...
Further information on UA 176/11 SAUDI ARABIA - TWO BROTHERS PUT TO DEATH
SAUDI ARABIA Brothers Muhammad Jaber Shahbah al-Ja'id and Sa'ud Jaber Shahbah al-Ja'id were executed on 30 July. The two brothers, who were both married with children, had been sentenced to death in late December 1998 by a court in Mecca, for the murder of another man. Their sentences ...
Further information on UA 225/11 USA - STAY OF EXECUTION FOR CUBAN NATIONAL
USA Manuel Valle, a Cuban national who was due to be executed in Florida on 2 August, has received a stay of execution until 6 September. He was convicted of the murder of a police officer in 1978. He was 27 years old when first sent to death ...
Further information on UA 233/11 USA - EXECUTION STAYED TO REVIEW INNOCENCE CLAIM
USA The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the execution of Larry Swearingen, who was due to be put to death in Texas on 18 August. He maintains his innocence. Since his trial, a number of forensic experts have ruled him out as the murderer. The ...
Further information on UA 178/11 USA - TEXAS DEFIES WORLD COURT ORDER AND EXECUTES
USA Mexican national Humberto Leal García was executed in Texas on 7 July. His execution violated international law and a binding order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The execution went ahead despite opposition from the US and Mexican governments, and UN officials. Humberto Leal García ...
Further information on UA 297/09 YEMEN - YEMEN EXECUTIONS POSTPONED
YEMEN Five men under sentence of death in Yemen were not executed on 6 July as feared. However, they could still be executed at any time as they have exhausted all their appeals, and their death sentences were ratified by the President in 2009. Yasser Ismail, aged ...
UA 197/11 CHINA - STOP TWO EXECUTIONS IN CHINA
CHINA A Hong Kong man, Robert Shan Shiao-may, and Lien Sung-ching, of Taiwan, are facing execution in mainland China. The Supreme People's Court (SPC) in Beijing is now reviewing their sentences: if it approves them, the men could be executed as early as 25 June. Robert Shan ...
Further information on UA 297/09 YEMEN - EXECUTIONS OF FIVE MEN IMMINENT
YEMEN Five men under sentence of death in Yemen could be executed in the next few days, according to sources in the country. They have exhausted all their appeals, and their death sentences were ratified by the President in 2009. Yasser Ismail, aged 29, Bashir Ismail, aged ...
