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    1. Support Akmal Shaikh: share your bipolar stories

      Akmal Shaikh is facing imminent execution in China for carrying drugs; Reprieve has serious concerns that Akmal is in this dire situation as a result of his mental health problems

    2. Another Day against the Death Penalty

      In honor of World Day Against the Death Penalty Clive tells Al Jazerra why he believes capital punishment is a "horrific" act

    3. World Day Against the Death Penalty: video interview with Clive Stafford Smith

      Watch a video interview with Clive Stafford-Smith for the Council of Europe's Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2009, and read his Twitter Q&A.

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    1. Hiding proof of torture is not in the public interest, Mr Miliband

      At long last, two High Court judges have told the Government what any sane person already knew.

      by Clive Stafford Smith

    2. Why fume over press freedom?

      David Miliband insists--again--that lofty principles require keeping just seven paragraphs on the abuse of Binyam Mohamed out of the public domain. We should rejoice that the British justices knew better.

      by Cori Crider

    3. The Hope of Lithuania

      Will Lithuania answer Obama's call and help close Guantanamo Bay?

      by Chloe Davies

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    1. Judges reject Government attempt to suppress information about the torture of Binyam Mohamed

      In a great victory for press freedom and open democracy, the High Court today ruled that seven paragraphs of their judgment in the Binyam Mohamed case, which the Foreign Secretary sought to suppress, must be reinstated and released to the public.

    2. Save Akmal Shaikh from execution: ACT NOW

      Londoner Akmal Shaikh is facing imminent execution in China for carrying drugs; Reprieve believes Akmal suffers from a serious mental illness and is urgently asking Prime Minister Gordon Brown to intervene.

    3. Prime Minister told of ‘moral duty’ to demand immediate action from Pakistan

      Prime Minister Gordon Brown must personally intervene to help two Birmingham men languishing in a Pakistani jail, Clive Stafford Smith wrote in a letter delivered to Downing Street today.

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  3. Reprieve on the web RSS

    1. Binyam Mohamed: Judges overrule attempt to suppress torture evidence

      by Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian, 17/10/09

    2. Finding New Homes For 44 Cleared Guantanamo Prisoners

      by Andy Worthington, The Public Record, 13/10/09

    3. Man Freed From Death Row Speaks Out

      by Keith McGilvery, NBC 29, 14/10/09

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    1. Stephen Fry pleads for the life of fellow bipolar sufferer Akmal Shaikh

      In an urgent video appeal, Stephen Fry asks that a British man who suffers from severe mental illness be spared execution in China.

    2. Clare Algar speaks to Clive Anderson about Linda Carty

      Linda Carty- the Fourth Plinth

    3. Clare Algar on BBC1 breakfast show

      Clare Algar dicusses CIA Torture Claims

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