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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"'It is hard to see how this can be allowed to continue — not only in Tennessee, but nationwide,' said Maya Foa, the chief executive of Reprieve, an anti-death penalty group. She called the failed attempt to kill Ms. Pike 'one of the most catastrophic executions' in US history."

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‘How Does That Happen?’: America’s Execution System Is Long Flawed

The failed execution of Christa Pike, which left her clinging to life in Tennessee, was the latest grisly error to take place in an American execution chamber.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our CEO Maya Foa writes in the Guardian: "Christa Pike's ordeal in the execution chamber was a visceral demonstration that there is nothing medical or humane about execution by lethal injection. What we saw was the awful, ugly, indefensible reality of the death penalty."

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What do Britain’s death-penalty cheerleaders have to say about Christa Pike? | Maya Foa

Her harrowing botched execution is a reminder of why we must not even entertain the idea of restoring capital punishment, says Maya Foa, CEO of the human rights charity Reprieve

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How can anyone who witnessed what happened in Tennessee last night claim that executions are constitutional or humane? The state was warned, clearly and repeatedly, that proceeding with this lethal injection execution risked torturing Christa Pike, but went ahead anyway.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This morning we received the news that an Indian court has ordered Jagtar Singh Johal be granted bail.

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Douglas McAllister MP @douglasmcallister.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚨Amazing news from India this morning! My constituent, Jagtar Singh Johal, has officially been granted bail, after 9 years in arbitrary detention. Jagtar's brother Gurpreet and @reprievehq.bsky.social have worked tirelessly for almost a decade for this. Now it’s time to bring him back home.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

25 years on from the start of the so-called ‘War on Terror’, leading human rights lawyer, and Reprieve US Board President, Eric Lewis, has shared his reflections of the “undeniable legacy" of the 9/11 attacks - and the brutal new world of normalised torture and unlawful detention they created:

independent.co.uk

25 years after 9/11, America could have chosen hope. It chose endless war

The response to September 11 transformed American foreign policy, cost trillions of dollars and helped create a more divided political culture. It did not have to be this way, says Eric Lewis

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Our CEO, Maya Foa, spoke to Left Foot Forward about this "attention-seeking bluster" that seeks to follow the example of authoritarian regimes embracing the death penalty, such as Iran, China, Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's USA.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"The fact that Tennessee is doubling down on this broken execution method, so soon after torturing a man in the chamber, is beyond belief." Reprieve deputy director Matt Wells on the horrifying risk Tennessee is taking by pressing ahead with Christa Pike’s lethal-injection execution this September.

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Expert warns there’s a ‘high risk’ Christa Gail Pike will have an ‘agonizing death’ ahead of execution

There are fears that convicted murderer Christa Gai Pike will 'suffer a prolonged and agonizing death' at her execution in September

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"The situation we are living in now is worse than death itself". At least 20 Ethiopian men have been executed by Saudi Arabia this year. Dozens more are on death row, isolated and scared. The BBC interviewed two of them, plus Reprieve's Duaa Dhainy, for Newsday - starting at 27:10.

bbc.co.uk

Newsday - Russia accuses Ukraine of deliberate attack on seaside resort - BBC Sounds

Russia says seven killed as Ukrainian drone hits crowded Russian beach

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Florida is set to carry out two executions within hours of each other today - the first double execution in the US in a decade. Our research shows that rushing executions increases the risk of them going wrong, leading to agonising, prolonged deaths. Our head of US projects, Miranda, explains:

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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"As far as the government is concerned, they’ve washed their hands of us. Would they do that to a white person?" For a @prospectmagazine.co.uk feature on Britain's citizenship-stripping boom, I spoke to families of people who have had citizenship revoked www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uk/...

prospectmagazine.co.uk

Britain’s citizens of nowhere

Hundreds of UK nationals have been made stateless, and left trapped in squalid refugee camps, without being convicted of any crime

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"Would they do that to a white person? No, they did that because we’re Muslims. They treat us like third-class people.” UK citizenship stripping powers are unfair, unjust and extreme. We worked with @samirashackle.bsky.social on this piece that gives voice to victims of this draconian legislation.

prospectmagazine.co.uk

Britain’s citizens of nowhere

Hundreds of UK nationals have been made stateless, and left trapped in squalid refugee camps, without being convicted of any crime

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

An incredible piece that highlights the toll lethal injections take on everyone in the prisons system - including those who administer them. There's no such thing as a 'humane' execution, but a future without the death penalty is within reach. Join our fight: secure.reprieve.org/page/94224/p...

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I put inmates to death in Florida. Here's why I regret it. | Opinion

To protect their mental health and avoid lifelong trauma, Florida's corrections workers should refuse to carry out any more executions in the state.

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Zeteo UK @zeteo.uk · 10/07/2026

"Two people born in the UK could commit the same crime & face different punishments..." Shehab Khan explains how Britain’s power to strip people of their citizenship affects minorities, & how a Home Office minister justified the double standard in an exclusive letter. 🔗: zeteo.uk/subscribe

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Our exclusive with new media disrupters @zeteo.uk delves into the racist impact of citizenship stripping laws - and just how many people in the UK could be at risk. Read the full exclusive on their Substack here: zeteo.uk/p/racist-cit...

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"Two people born in the UK could commit the same crime and face different punishments purely based on where their family is from." @Shehab Khan explains how Britain’s power to strip people of their ci...

TikTok video by Zeteo UK

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This week, the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to limit birthright citizenship. It was a tight decision: five of the nine judges ruled that the order was unconstitutional. Reprieve played a small part 🧵

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

9 million people in the UK could be vulnerable to having their citizenship stripped under current laws, and for people of colour, that risk is 12 times higher. Reprieve's Naima Sakande was on Soho Radio, talking about our report with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social exposing this racist, two-tier system

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“No British diplomat should accept an honour from a ruler when infants are being stripped of their citizenship... and a 32-year-old man has been tortured to death" The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy's Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei speaks out after UK ambassador accepts award from Bahraini king:

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Bahraini award to UK envoy shows ‘our diplomats are up for grabs’, says peer

Rights activists call UK ambassador ‘morally compromised’ for accepting honour from Bahraini king in apparent breach of Foreign Office rules

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

“I’d invite your listeners to ask themselves – have they ever attended a protest… have they ever posted something online that the government might not like?" Our head of Unlawful Detentions, Naima, breaks down the terrifying reality of UK citizenship stripping laws with Soho Radio's Sarah Love.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Our Head of Unlawful Detentions, Naima, will be talking to Sarah Love about the frightening reality of citizenship stripping laws in the UK on Soho Radio today at 10:30AM. Tune in live here:

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Home - Soho Radio

Soho Radio is an online radio station broadcasting live from Soho and New York to the world, featuring two channels: Soho & NYC + Culture.

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Douglas McAllister MP @douglasmcallister.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I have written a letter signed by 60 of my parliamentary colleagues to the Foreign Secretary urging the Government to take decisive and immediate action to secure the release of my constituent, Jagtar Singh Johal, from arbitrary detention in India. My thanks to all for their support. #FreeJaggiNow

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"I'm stuck in a broken country with a broken judicial system" - our client, Jagtar Singh Johal's message to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper when she visited Narendra Modi in Delhi last week. With @douglasmcallister.bsky.social, we called on her to raise the case.

standard.co.uk

Briton jailed in India tells Foreign Secretary he is ‘stuck in broken country’

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017 just weeks after his wedding, and has been detained there ever since.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Globally, the death penalty is in decline, as more countries choose abolition, but executions surged in 2025 due to a handful of states. We contributed to this @newyorksun.bsky.social story on @amnesty.org's annual executions report. www.nysun.com/article/iran...

nysun.com

Iran’s Surge of Executions Drives World Total to Highest Level Since 1981 | The New York Sun

Analysts say the real total is unknown, with Communist China’s veil of secrecy hiding what may be more executions than in all other countries combined.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The aborted execution of Tony Carruthers demonstrates the innate cruelty of lethal injection, as this fantastic piece by Austin Sarat in @theguardian.com explains There is no such thing as a ‘humane’ execution. tinyurl.com/ycxemyr4

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Tennessee’s attempt to execute Tony Carruthers failed. It must not try again | Austin Sarat

Carruthers’ court case was fraught with problems. A second execution attempt would be the kind of cruelty no decent society should countenance

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Senior lawyers write to PM: "Jagtar must not be tried twice for the same crime". Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, Baroness Helena Kennedy, former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini and Geoffrey Robertson KC call on UK Government to bring Jagtar home, say India should drop remaining charges.

theguardian.com

Starmer urged to intervene in ‘rigged’ Indian prosecution of British human rights activist

Senior lawyers call on prime minister to request Indian prosecutors drop charges that would breach double jeopardy rule

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

More than half the people executed in Saudi Arabia last year were foreign nationals. Migrants are often vulnerable, and face an alien legal system with almost no access to support. Our comment in @newyorksun.bsky.social's piece on Ethiopian nationals on death row in Saudi: tinyurl.com/2m32ct9k

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Undue Process: Saudi Arabia Executing Ethiopian Migrants for Carrying Plant Legal in Their Home Country | The New York Sun

Many of those on death row in the kingdom for transporting khat faced brief group trials without legal representation or adequate translation services, say human rights watchdogs.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

"I’ve conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with women from many different countries [who] were groomed, seduced or coerced with propaganda or deceit.” Our CEO Maya on the British women and children trapped in North East Syria, and why the government must bring them home tinyurl.com/5n833t77

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Why Britain still wrestles with repatriating Daesh-linked families from detention camps in Syria

LONDON: During a school half-term break in February 2015, three British girls left their homes and their futures in east London, traveled to Gatwick Airport and boarded a Turkish Airlines flight to Is...

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“A deal like this makes a mockery of the values that institutions like Cambridge claim to represent” Reprieve exclusive calling on @cam.ac.uk to drop proposals to run training courses for Riyadh’s defence ministry while Hassan and Salman face death for free speech in Saudi Arabia: bit.ly/4ulE2JU

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Sons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff

Exclusive: Families of men facing death penalty join opposition to proposals to run courses for defence ministry

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

“It is essential that the world sees this rebranding for what it is – a flimsy attempt to disguise brutal abuses of human rights,” Exclusive with @theguardian.com on the hypocrisy of Saudi Arabia’s culture washing while they continue to execute record numbers for drug offences: tinyurl.com/3wazjwy4

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Australian director Phillip Noyce shoots feature film for Saudi Arabia celebrating ‘heroism of security men in combating drugs’

Exclusive: Regime, which executed 243 people last year for drug offences, accused of investing in entertainment to whitewash its human rights record

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This is a very strong intervention from UN legal experts. They call for Jagtar to be immediately released and say his detention is a "profound miscarriage of justice." “Eight and a half years of arbitrary detention without a clear path to trial is not justice, it is unlawful suffering." 🧵

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

"The distance between MBS’ public narrative of progressive reform, and the reality of death sentences meted out to child defendants, vulnerable migrants and political protesters is wider than ever” We comment on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 2,000 execution milestone: bit.ly/3O7mfq3

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'Frightening milestone': Saudi Arabia hits 2,000 executions since King Salman took power

Gulf kingdom's use of death penalty increases fivefold, despite crown prince's promises of reform and modernisation

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

What does Windrush have to do with the Trump administration's plans? 🧵

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Saudi regime continues to execute people for disagreeing with Mohamed bin Salman. Saud al-Faraj took part in protests and was tortured until he falsely 'confessed' to crimes. UN legal experts found his detention arbitrary and called for his release. Saudi Arabia killed him anyway.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Since 1868, per the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, almost all people born in the US have automatically qualified for citizenship. Trump's government is trying to undo this by executive order, denying birthright citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants or temporary residents.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Today our CEO Maya Foa and the Chair of Reprieve US, Eric Lewis, will be at the Bonavero Institute, discussing the legacy of Guantánamo, in a new era of attacks on human rights and international law. Come along if you're in Oxford, or watch online, from 530pm. Registration details below.

law.ox.ac.uk

Guantanamo Bay: Then and Now | Faculty of Law

The detention without trial of nearly 800 men at Guantanamo Bay stands as a watershed event for

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

One year ago today, British human rights activist Jagtar Singh Johal was acquitted on all charges in the first case against him, but he’s still locked up, with no end in sight to his ordeal. It’s more clear than ever that only action from the UK Government can bring him home to his family.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Today, we’re writing to the Prime Minister, calling on the UK Government to abolish citizenship stripping. Using these extreme powers, the Home Secretary can deprive some British citizens of legal rights simply by saying it is 'conducive to the public good' to do so. reprieve.org/uk/2026/02/2...

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Our CEO Maya Foa in the Observer. “We’ve seen what happened with al-Hol: these camps can collapse and people can disappear. The do-nothing approach that the government is taking isn’t just harmful for the lives of the British kids and mothers: it’s also bad from a security perspective.”

observer.co.uk

The Syrian prison collapse that has scattered Isis famili...

An open-air camp in the desert held about 24,000 people, many with links to Islamic State, but now lies empty. Its fall is part of a broader reordering of power in Syria

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

"The prisoners transferred face being tortured, sentenced to death and executed, without being granted any meaningful opportunity to contest the allegations against them," Katherine Cornett, Reprieve's deputy director told the BBC.

bbc.co.uk

UN to take over al-Hol camp for IS families in Syria after unrest

A UN spokesman said conditions inside the camp remained

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Today in North East Syria, British children are in mortal danger, caught in the crossfire as a direct result of the UK Government’s negligent policy choice to strip their parents of citizenship and refuse to repatriate them.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Our CEO Maya Foa was on the Observer's Sensemaker podcast, explaining why calls to expand citizenship stripping are a threat to nine million Brits with a connection to another country - and that people of colour are twelve times as likely to be at risk as their white neighbours.

observer.co.uk

Why are Brits losing their citizenship? | The Observer

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Your citizenship could be at risk. Our research with Reprieve shows that 9 million people could have their citizenship stripped at the discretion of the UK Home Office, including 3 out of 5 people of colour. Visit the link in our bio for more 🔗

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

2025 is the bloodiest year of executions in Saudi Arabia since monitoring began. Mohammed bin Salman has repeatedly said he plans to reduce the use of capital punishment, only to preside over a five-fold increase in executions. He should be called out for his lies.

bbc.co.uk

Saudi Arabia: Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in 2025

At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, according to the UK-based campaign group Reprieve.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Our democracy has become so eroded that this is not being treated with the alarm that it should. Read the full report here 👇

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Stripped: The Citizenship Divide

New research exposes racist reality of UK citizenship stripping laws that place 3 in 5 people of colour at risk.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. Our new briefing with @reprievehq.bsky.social reveals a shocking racial disparity in citizenship stripping practices. 3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇

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Stripped: The Citizenship Divide

New research exposes racist reality of UK citizenship stripping laws that place 3 in 5 people of colour at risk.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

There's been no execution in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 for a week. In a year when the Saudi authorities have executed 322 people – more than one a day. When the world is watching, they pause their killing spree. 1/3 - 🧵

[Left:] President Trump and [right:] Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

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DAWN @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Ahead of Mohammed bin Salman's trip to Washington, Western countries are increasingly signaling to Riyadh that they can "execute and kill with impunity," writes Jeed Basyouni of @reprievehq.bsky.social. Criticism - not red carpet state visits - is the only way to stop this trend.

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Screams in Darkness: Saudi Arabia's Execution Spree Continues Amid State Visit

What’s worse than being sentenced to death? For Youssef al-Manasif, a Saudi citizen arrested for alleged childhood crimes, it is a second death sentence.

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The Saudi regime has executed 322 people this year. Some were child defendants, most were alleged drug offenders, more than half were foreign nationals. This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.

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‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row

Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s rule

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Reprieve @reprievehq.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The victims of Saudi Arabia's 'war on drugs' are disproportionately vulnerable migrants - more than 170 foreign nationals have been executed for drug offences this year, often just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This excellent article tells some of their stories.

nytimes.com

As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High

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