juveniles

March 9, 2020

Urgent appeal to Egypt for release of four minors facing death sentences

After their arrest, the minors were held incommunicado for several months, tortured to obtain confessions, and denied their right to a fair trial.
June 12, 2019

A death sentence commuted in Egypt, but justice denied, says Reprieve

Egypt’s highest court has recognised that Ahmed Saddouma, sentenced to death in a mass trial in 2018, was a child at the time of his alleged offences. His sentence has accordingly been commuted to 15 years imprisonment.
June 2, 2019

Court of Appeal rules Home Office age assessment policy unlawful

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Home Office’s policy on deciding the age of young people seeking asylum is unlawful and must be rewritten, as it fails to ensure that children are not mistakenly treated as adults.
May 28, 2019

Scale of Egypt’s death penalty crisis revealed

In President Abdelfattah el-Sisi’s first five years in power, his regime handed preliminary death sentences to more than 2,400 people, a Reprieve report reveals.
April 30, 2019

Two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executed in Iran

The two cousins were arrested aged 15 and convicted on rape charges following unfair trial and abuse allegations.
April 25, 2019

Saudi Arabia executes 37 people in a single day, including three juveniles

Saudi Arabia’s official press agency has announced a mass execution of 37 people. Most, if not all, were convicted in the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC), the Kingdom’s secretive and widely condemned anti-terrorism tribunal.
July 30, 2018

Ahed Tamimi's release welcome but other Palestinian children languish in jail, says Amnesty

The Israeli army prosecutes hundreds of Palestinian children in juvenile military courts every year, often after arresting them in night raids.
June 29, 2018

UN condemns execution of juvenile offenders in Iran

Four juvenile offenders have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2018.
March 9, 2018

Executions double under Saudi Crown Prince

As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the UK, new analysis of executions in Saudi Arabia by the human rights organisation Reprieve shows that the rate of executions in the Kingdom has doubled since his appointment in June 2017,
February 18, 2018

UN urges Iran to stop violating international law by executing juvenile offenders

During the first month of 2018, three people – two male and one female –have been executed in Iran for crimes they committed when they were 15 or 16 years old.