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US Supreme Court uses technicality to put innocent Scot Kenny Richey back on Death Row
Human rights organisation Reprieve has expressed dismay at the news that the United States Supreme Court has put Kenny Richey, a Scottish man wrongfully convicted of murder in Ohio, USA, back on death row.
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Guantánamo Suicides Report
Clive Stafford Smith's briefing on the 2006 prisoner suicides in Guantánamo Bay.
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Mercy plea by innocent Brit imprisoned for 20 years in U.S.
Human rights charity Reprieve - which acts for wrongfully imprisoned British businessman Krishna Maharaj - is to make a final appeal for clemency on his behalf, twenty years after his wrongful arrest. Fifteen of those years were spent on Death Row.
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Pakistan sets execution date for Mirza Tahir Hussain.
Human Rights charity Reprieve has learnt that Mirza Tahir Hussain, the Briton facing execution in Pakistan, has had his execution date set as 1 November, a date that coincides with Prince Charles’ official state visit to Pakistan.
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Reprieve welcomes stay of execution for Mirza Tahir Hussain, but calls for permanent solution.
Human rights charity Reprieve has welcomed the news that President Musharraf has granted a two-month stay of execution for Mirza Tahir Hussain, the British national on death row in Pakistan, but warns that efforts must continue to find a lasting solution to the case.
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Reprieve hails commutation of death sentence for Mirza Tahir Hussain
Reprieve is delighted with the news that the death sentence for British citizen Mirza Tahir Hussain has been lifted. Tahir has been on Death Row in Pakistan for 18 years for an act he has always maintained he committed in self-defence.
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Reprieve delighted at release of Mirza Tahir Hussain.
Reprieve has expressed delight at the news that Mirza Tahir Hussain has been released from prison in Pakistan this morning. The news comes a day after President Musharraf announced that he had commuted Tahir’s death sentence to life in prison.
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Ahmed Errachidi, finally reunited with his family.
Reprieve are delighted to announce that within the last 24 hours Ahmed Errachidi has been reunited with his family after being held prisoner in Guantanamo Bay for over five years. He was released last Thursday and transferred to Morocco where he was held in police custody before appearing before a judge this Wednesday. All charges against him were dropped and he was released and reunited with his family.
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Kenny Richey death sentence overturned - again
Reprieve is delighted by the news that Kenny Richey, a Scot who has been on Ohio’s death row for more than 20 years, has had his conviction overturned on appeal. The appeal was decided by the United States Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit, the second highest court that can hear the case.
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Kris Maharaj, an innocent Briton imprisoned in the US for 22 years: plea for clemency denied by Governor Crist
Kris Maharaj, an innocent Briton imprisoned in the US for 22 years has had his plea for clemency denied by Governor Crist.
