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On June 24, the Pakistan Supreme Court rejected Manjit/Sarabjit Singh's second petition to review the death sentence given to him in 1991. Manjit/Sarabjit Singh was arrested in 1990 in Pakistan on charges of having worked for Indian government intelligence.
Additional men were aressted and sentenced to death in Sudan making the total 103. All of the men have been sentenced to death due to their participation in an opposition group, the Justice and Equality Movement.
Muhammad Basheer al-Ramaly, age 22, has been sentenced to execution by beheading, followed by crucifixion in which his body and the head are both place on a pole in a public square. Amnesty International believes his trial to have been unfair. He did not have access to a lawyer.
Iraqi nationals Raid Halassa Sakit, Abbas Fadil Abbas, Othman Ali, and Aqil Matsher are at risk of imminent execution for alleged offenses reported to have been committed while they were under the age of 18. They were convicted and sentenced to death after unfair trials. None of the four were given legal assistance or representation, and they were sentenced after secret trials.
Mohammad Reza Haddadi and Naser Qasemi have been sentenced to death for crimes they committed while under the age of 18. The execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi has been halted but there is still no news regarding Nazer Qasemi who is still being sentenced.
Seven Iranians, excluding one member of the group that has already been executed, have been sentenced to be stoned to death for the "crime" of "adultery while being married". Despite attempts at appeals sent to the Supreme Court, Amnesty fears that they may still face execution at this stage.
Mehdi Mazruoi is a juvenile offender in Iran who is at imminent risk of execution for a crime he is alleged to have committed when he was under 18. Although his execution was temporarily halted on May 29, it may be rescheduled at any time.
Seven men in the Palestinian Territories are at risk of execution, sentenced to death by military courts operating under the jurisdiction of the Hammas de-facto administration in Gaza. The proceedings do not meet international standards for fair trial.
Death sentences were upheld for 12 people in Iraq. Ten of those facing execution were sentenced under the 2005 Anti-Terrorism Law and two others were sentenced for murder. They could be executed at any time.
Troy Davis currently has a final appeal before the US Supreme Court. If that is rejected, his case returns to Savannah, Georgia, where a new District Attorney will have some life or death decisions to make. Call on DA Chisolm to do everything in his power to prevent an execution, and urge him to reopen the case against Troy Davis, since most of the witnesses responsible for his conviction have now recanted.
Mohammad Reza Haddadi was sentenced to death for a crime he was alleged to have committed while under 18. He has been scheduled for execution on May 27, 2009, but his lawyers received no warning from the authorities.
Belarus is the last country in Europe and in the former Soviet Union that still carries out executions. Amnesty International estimates that as many as 400 people may have been executed since Belarus gained its independence in 1991. At least four people were executed and one more sentenced to death in 2008. Sign the appeal to ask President Lukashenka to declare an immediate moratorium on executions. Download the action Stop Executions in Belarus in PDF format
On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, Governor Bill Richardson signed into law a bill to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico. With this bill, sponsored by Representative Gail Chasey, New Mexico has now become only the 2nd state in over 30 years to legislatively abolish the death penalty, and brings to 15 the number of states in the U.S. that are now death penalty free! Write to Gov. Richardson and Rep. Chasey today and thank them for their unprecedented leadership.
UAE: Risk of being sentenced to death after an unfair trial
Amnesty International concern that Naji Jawdat Hamdan, a US citizen of Lebanese origin, is at risk of being sentenced to death without possibility of an appeal.
Amnesty International concern that Naji Jawdat Hamdan, a US citizen of Lebanese origin, is at risk of being sentenced to death without possibility of an appeal.
Iran is one of the only countries in the world that still executes children and child offenders. At least 15 child offenders have been executed in Iran in the last two years. On October 16, 2008, The Government of Iran announced an end to this shameful practice, but on October 18 Iran clarified that this directive would not apply to child offenders sentenced to qesas or retribution. The vast majority of the more than 130 juveniles sentenced to death in Iran still face execution. Download the action Stop Child Offender Executions in Iran in PDF format | Download the action Stop Child Offender Executions in Iran in MS Word format
Domestic worker Rizana Nafeek was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabis for a murder committed while she was just 17 years old. Saudi Arabia is a state party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which expressly prohibits the execution of offenders for crimes committed when they were under 18 years old. Rizana Nafeek is believed to have appealed against her sentence, but if her appeal is unsuccessful she could be executed within days.
