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Case studies

Artwork painted by Delara Darabi during her time in prison
© Delara Darabi

The secret hanging of Delara Darabi

On 1 May 2009, Delara Darabi was executed in Iran, despite having been given a two-month stay of execution on 19 April.

Execution bed

Stay of execution for Darold Stenson

Darold Stenson has received a stay of execution. He was due to be executed in Washington State on 3 December.

Demonstration in France against the death penalty

Stop Action: Yang Jia executed

Yang Jia was executed on 26 November 2008 after the Supreme People's Court approved his sentence on 21 November.

Execution stopped: Sayed Perwiz Kambaksh

The Appeal Court of Kabul overturned student journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambaksh's death sentence on 21 October.

Stop Action: Gregory Wright executed

Gregory Wright was executed in Texas on 30 October. He had been sentenced to death in December 1997 for the murder of Donna Vick, who was stabbed to death in her home near Dallas nine months earlier.

Stop action: Yemeni cousins executed

Ismail Lutef Huraish and his cousin Ali Mussara’a Muhammad Huraish were executed on the morning of 29 October. They had exhausted all their appeals and their death sentences had been ratified by the President.

Good news: Juvenile offender’s death sentence has been quashed

Hossein Haghi’s death sentence has been quashed by the head of Iran's judiciary in September 2008.

Good news: Iranian sisters have their sentence of death by stoning overturned

Zohreh Kabiri-niat and her sister Azar have had their sentence of death by stoning overturned by the Head of the Judiciary in Iran.

Good news: Execution stopped

The man known to the Pakistani authorities as Manjit Singh, but whose family claims is Sarabjit Singh and the victim of mistaken identity, has had his execution stayed indefinitely.

International pressure saves mother from death by stoning

Mokarrameh Ebrahimi was released from Choubin prison in Iran on 17 March 2008. She was sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of adultery and had been imprisoned for 11 years.

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