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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: 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…
Published: 14/07/26
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Reprieve exclusive with Zeteo
Reprieve secured an exclusive with new media outlet, Zeteo UK, on our citizenship stripping work – and the concerning response we received from government when we highlighted the racist impact of their laws. In early 2026, following the publication of our report with the Runnymede Trust into the…
Published: 13/07/26
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Saudi Arabia targets Ethiopian migrants for death sentences - CNN and BBC report
Saudi authorities are targeting Ethiopian migrants, convicting them on drugs charges in unfair trials and sentencing them to death. CNN spoke to one man on death row and the families of two other prisoners at immediate risk of execution for this article. At least 356 people were executed…
Published: 10/06/26
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FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS "DEEPLY DISTRESSING" DETENTION OF JAGTAR SINGH JOHAL HAS "GONE ON FAR TOO LONG"
After learning that the Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, was to visit the Indian Prime Minister and her counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Delhi, we worked with MPs, family members and journalists at the Press Association to raise the case of our client, Sikh human rights activist Jagtar Singh Johal,…
Published: 28/05/26
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Senior lawyers write to PM saying Jagtar Singh Johal charges must be dropped
Former attorney general Dominic Grieve heads a list of lawyers writing to the Prime Minister to express their concerns over the ongoing prosecution of Jagtar Singh Johal in India. Baroness Helena Kennedy, former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini and Geoffrey Robertson KC also signed the letter, noting that…