Bahrain: free political prisoners
Case updates
Retired Iranian Scholar released on bail
Dr Mohammad Maleki was released on bail on 1 March 2010. He had been detained apparently for his criticism of the conduct of the disputed presidential election in 2009.
Martin Grossman executed in Florida
Martin Grossman was executed in the US state of Florida on 16 February 2010. He had been on death row for nearly a quarter of a century.
Kuwaiti journalist freed
Amnesty International has learnt that Kuwaiti journalist Muhammad ‘Abd al-Qader al-Jasem was released on bail in December 2009.
Reduced prison sentence for conscientious objector
Military authorities in the USA have approved a three-month reduction in the prison sentence of conscientious objector Travis Bishop.
Prisoner of conscience Igor Koktysh released
On 2 February, Belarusian musician and activist Igor Koktysh was released from the pre-trial detention centre in Ukraine where he has been held for two and a half years.
Iranian cleric released on bail
Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Khalaji was released on bail on 1 February, after nearly three weeks in Evin prison in Iran's capital, Tehran.
Five men executed in Bangladesh
Five men found guilty of killing Bangladesh’s first president were executed in Dhaka Central Jail in the early hours of 28 January, 13 hours after the final judicial review of their sentences.
Chinese pro-democracy writer released
Zhao Shiying (better known by his pen name Zhao Dagong) was released and returned home on 25 January 2010.
Venezuelan farmer able to see family
Farmer Franklin Brito Rodríguez, who after a court order was put in a military hospital for treatment for the effect of a public hunger strike, is now able to see his family.
Iranian student released on bail
Iranian political science student Payam Jahangiry was released on bail on 17 January after six weeks’ detention without charge in the city of Shiraz, Iran.
Prisoner’s brother released
Tunisian Walid Romdhani was released on 20 January. His arrest was believed to be linked to his work to expose the torture and other ill-treatment of his imprisoned brother, Ramzi Romdhani.
Six men executed in Sudan
Six of seven men sentenced to death in 2006 for their alleged involvement in riots at a camp for internally displaced people in Sudan were executed on 14 January 2010.
Kenneth Mosley executed in Texas
Kenneth Mosley was executed on the evening of 7 January in Texas.
Imprisoned Mexican indigenous man freed after ten years
Ricardo Ucán Ceca, from Yucatán, was released on 31 December 2009 having been imprisoned since June 2000 following an unfair trial for murder.
British national executed in China
British national Akmal Shaikh has was put to death by lethal injection on 29 December 2009.
Missing worker in China returns home
Zhuang Lu, a 27-year-old woman who worked for the Open Constitution Initiative, a legal aid and research organization, is now known to be staying at her parents' home in China.
Justice close for 800 families in Brazil
The families who suffered a violent forced eviction in August from the Olga Benário settlement in the south of São Paulo, have won a major victory in their long fight for housing rights.
First execution under Ohio’s new protocol
Kenneth Biros was executed in the US state of Ohio on 8 December. He was sentenced to death for the murder of Tami Engstrom in 1991.
Second stay of execution for Yong Vui Kong - watch the interview with his lawyer
In an unprecedented development, the Court of Appeal in Singapore granted a second stay of execution for Malaysian man Yong Vui Kong, so his appeal can be heard.
Saudi Arabian man executed and crucified
A 22-year-old man, Muhammad Basheer bin Sa'oud al-Ramaly al-Shammari, was beheaded in the Saudi Arabian city of Hail on 7 December. His body was later crucified.
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11 May 2012, 12:20PM