UA: 36/12 Index: AMR 51/009/2012 Issue Date: 3 February 2012.

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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. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 14/10 Index: MDE 14/002/2012 Issue Date: 20 January 2012

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The Iraqi presidency has ratified the sentences of 11 men sentenced to death in 2010 for their alleged involvement in causing bomb explosions in August 2009. They are at risk of imminent execution. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 10/12 Index: ASA 17/003/2012 Issue Date: 19 January 2012

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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. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 342/11 Index: ASA 22/ 001/2012 Issue Date: 18 January 2012

OGAWA Toshio, who was appointed Minister of Justice on 13 January, has said that he intends to resume executions. Last year Japan did not carry out any executions, for the first time in 19 years. The estimated 130 death row inmates are now at greater risk of execution. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 5/12 Index: AMR 51/007/2012 Issue Date: 18 January 2012.

The Governor of the US state of Delaware has commuted the death sentence of Robert Gattis to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, three days before the prisoner was due to be executed after nearly 20 years on death row. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 296/09 Index: ASA 36/001/2012 Issue Date: 16 January 2012

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Young 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 Yong Vui Kong's life to be saved. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information UA: 5/12 Index: AMR 51/006/2012 Issue Date: 16 January 2012.

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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. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 122/11 Index: MDE 11/002/2012 Issue Date: 10 January 2012

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. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 3/12 Index: MDE 13/001/2012 Issue Date: 6 January 2012

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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.. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 348/11 Index: EUR 49/025/2011 Issue Date: 2 December 2011

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The Belarusian authorities must not execute Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzslau Kavalyou, who were sentenced to death on 30 November, following a trial that has failed to meet international fair trial standards. [ Lire la suite » ]