Seven men, members of Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, are at risk of imminent execution in Ahvaz city, the capital of Khuzestan province. They were convicted in an ...
Kobra Babaei, an Iranian woman, is feared to be at imminent risk of stoning to death after her husband Rahim Mohammadi was hanged for “sodomy” on 5 October. The ...
British national Akmal Shaikh, who is believed to be mentally ill, has been sentenced to death in China for drug-smuggling. He has now lost his appeal, and could ...
The UN Human Rights Committee registered Vasily Yuzepchuk's case on 12 October, and called on the Belarusian government not to execute him until the Committee has ...
On the eve of Nigeria’s election to the United Nations (UN) Security Council as a non-permanent member, Amnesty International calls on the Nigerian government to ...
A 35-year old Iranian woman who had been due to be put to death on 11 October has received a stay of execution. She was convicted of murdering her 74-year-old husband ...
