July 9, 2020
10 facts about Kris Maharaj’s case in 2020
We are trying to prove that Kris's original trial was not fair. This should be…
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April 23, 2019
Saudi Arabia executes 37 people in a single day – including three juveniles
Pictured: Mujtaba al-Sweikat, executed today in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s official press agency has announced…
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July 11, 2018
Judge blocks Nevada execution – rules that state may not use sedative against manufacturer’s wishes
A Nevada judge has blocked tonight’s scheduled execution of Scott Dozier by ruling that the…
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July 10, 2018
Pharma corporation sues to block Nevada execution
The American pharmaceutical company Alvogen is suing the state of Nevada to prevent the use…
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May 29, 2018
BREAKING: Andy Tsege released in Ethiopia
British citizen Andy Tsege has received a pardon from the Ethiopian Government and been released…
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May 25, 2018
Mississippi Memories – photos from an execution in 1987
Clive Stafford Smith and Paul Hamann remember an execution 31 years on through photos taken…
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May 20, 2018
Post Mortem – the execution of Edward Earl Johnson
31 years ago, on May 20, 1987, just before midnight, I was sitting in the…
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April 4, 2018
Mass trials and the death penalty in Egypt
Mass trials have routinely led to death sentences, resulting in a dramatic expansion of Egypt’s…
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April 4, 2018
Article 122 – the loophole that allows death sentences for children
The arbitrary arrests, unfair trials, and illegal death sentences inflicted by the Egyptian government on…
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April 4, 2018
Egypt’s crackdown on dissent – and the two laws underpinning it
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi launched his crackdown on human rights immediately after the…
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