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Published: 03/09/26
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"I WANT MY SON'S BODY BACK" - SAUDI EXECUTIONS LEAVE FAMILIES UNABLE TO GRIEVE
The Spanish newspaper El PaÃs has reported on the agony faced by the families of people executed by Saudi Arabia due to the regime’s failure to return the bodies of those killed to their relatives. Along with being one of the worlds top-executing countries – there have been…
Published: 03/09/26
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UK POLICE TRAINING FORCES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS-ABUSING GOVERNMENTS - REPRIEVE AND DECLASSIFIED
A new investigation by Declassified has found that British police have run more than a dozen training sessions since 2023 for countries that the UK Government has flagged for their poor human rights record. Declassified’s FOI revealed that the UK’s College of Policing has run multiple training sessions…
Published: 14/08/26
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NEW SPECIAL Envoy for Complex Consular Cases MEETS WITH JAGTAR SINGH JOHAL'S FAMILY - BBC reports
The newly appointed government Envoy for Complex Consular Cases, Alistair Burt, met with the family of detained human rights activist, Jagtar Singh Johal, who has now been imprisoned in India for almost nine years. Mr Burt, a former UK minister for the Middle East, met with Gurpreet Singh…
Published: 14/08/26
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BISHOPS CALL ON MBS AND ED MILIBAND TO INTERVENE IN CASES OF ETHIOPIAN MEN FACING EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIA - TELEGRAPH REPORT
Church of England Bishops have written to Saudi Arabian leader Mohammed bin Salman and UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, highlighting the plight of Ethiopian nationals who have been sentenced to death for drug offences following unfair trials in Saudi Arabia. Three of the UK’s leading religious figures, the…
Published: 30/07/26
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US TO SEE ITS FIRST DOUBLE EXECUTION IN NEARLY A DECADE IN FLORIDA
The State of Florida has scheduled the executions of two death-row prisoners on Tuesday 28th of July 2026, marking what would be the first double execution in the US since 2017 – and only the second this century. Executing more than one person in a day at the…
Published: 16/07/26
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The cruel and unjust reality of UK citizenship stripping laws - PROSPECT magazine long read
The UK’s citizenship stripping laws are dangerous, extreme, executive powers. Our research with the Runnymede Trust found up to nine million people in the UK are at risk. Once stripped, the impact is catastrophic – the reasons why withheld, and the options to fight it impossibly limited. Reprieve…
