Reprieve: Juveniles on Death Row Project

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHruZxo0_xiO-LwEGi3eAOnFvi0FrwVKFmhJI2YGlqybjjsndKlga-X-rRj7qgsUU6_LiRgTbuSxzxyj2ZBvDn_qIrCrZpA5WRcADOz7XqLTdBEyhgMtTx6pZ9R2XP3bolVxyt2s28o7s/s1600/Reprieve+Juvenile+Offenders+on+DR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHruZxo0_xiO-LwEGi3eAOnFvi0FrwVKFmhJI2YGlqybjjsndKlga-X-rRj7qgsUU6_LiRgTbuSxzxyj2ZBvDn_qIrCrZpA5WRcADOz7XqLTdBEyhgMtTx6pZ9R2XP3bolVxyt2s28o7s/s400/Reprieve+Juvenile+Offenders+on+DR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seeing a child with a noose around their neck would make anyone turn away in horror. It's not something most people imagine is still happening. But it's likely there are hundreds of prisoners on death rows around the world who were detained as children - potentially as many as 800 in Pakistan alone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thousands of Reprieve supporters have already taken action to save the lives of Ibrahim Halawa in Egypt and Ali Al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia - both sentenced to death for attending political protests when they were children. Now we want to make sure other kids like them never end up on the world's death rows. Here's how we're going to do it together.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We're launching our dedicated Juveniles on Death Row Project - to find those detained as children who are now languishing on death row, and stop their executions. Together we can save many lives, but we urgently need extra funds to get this new project off the ground.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>All donations to Reprieve are being matched and will make twice the difference</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Act now - double your donation, double your impact.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://reprieve.bsd.net/page/contribute/double-your-impact" target="_blank">Donate now</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We know what a huge difference we can make on the ground, so your support right now will go a long way. Recently, a prisoner in Malawi was freed on the day of his court hearing after Reprieve staff found that his mental health assessment listed his age as 17, and even took place on the children's wing. He had been sentenced to death after the police beat him and forced him to sign a forged 'confession'.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But cases like this often just fall through the cracks - unless we're there to pick them up. With the funds we raise right now, we can work with our local partners to locate juveniles who are facing execution, investigate their cases and provide lawyers to take their cases to court. We can expose countries where children are being sentenced to death. We can save lives right now, and together we can apply public and legal pressure to stop it for good.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our Juveniles on Death Row Project is new and will be entirely funded by our supporters. Will you join those taking the lead in getting this project off the ground <a href="https://reprieve.bsd.net/page/contribute/double-your-impact" target="_blank">by making a donation now</a>?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All prisoners facing execution are at risk of extreme human rights abuses, but children are particularly vulnerable and in need of our help. They often face torture to extract false confessions and being put on trial for their life without proper legal representation. They end up on death row in adult prisons where conditions are brutal. They face years on death row, then the hangman's noose or the executioner's sword.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Anyone who cares about justice will agree that death row is no place for any child - so let's make sure we stop it for good.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We have the law and public opinion on our side. The execution of people arrested as children is banned under international law and even domestic law in many countries - which gives us the chance to save lives right now and reduce execution rates worldwide.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We know we can make a difference when we're on the ground - and with your donations our Juveniles on Death Row Project can get our team to the frontline and increase our presence where we're needed most.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thank you to everyone who donates right now to help make this happen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Matched Funding - how it works</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A group of Reprieve's generous supporters have put together a pot of 30,000 pounds to match any donations to Reprieve up to that amount - meaning that we can raise a total of 60,000 pounds to fund our work.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's simple - the more donations we receive, the more of the matched fund we will get, and the more people we can help.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: <a href="http://www.reprieve.org.uk/juveniles-on-death-row-project/" target="_blank">reprieve.org.uk</a>, June 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Death-Penalty-News-206848499362906/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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