Day 13 - A child is due to be executed, join the fight to stop it

Abdullah al Howaiti was abducted and locked up in a by Saudi Arabian authorities in 2017. He was 14 years old.

Abdullah was tortured for months and forced to ‘confess’. That so-called 'confession' was used to sentence him to death in 2019 even though he was 200km away from the crime when it happened.

Thanks to the Reprieve community, his conviction was finally overturned in November 2021. But under Saudi law, there must now be a retrial. Reprieve lawyers are calling for the public prosecutor to withdraw its request for the death penalty and for Abdullah's torture-tainted 'confession' to be ruled inadmissable as evidence. This won't be easy and that's why we need your help.

Saudi Arabian authorities say that they ended the use of the death penalty for child defendants in April 2020. But this is clearly a lie - Abdullah is a child defendant. 

We cannot let Abdullah face the threat of a death sentence again.

Will you sign Abdullah’s petition and call out Saudi Arabia? It only takes 10 seconds.