Maya Foa

Double espresso, twice as often. CEO @Reprieve. All views my own. World economic forum #YGL

[Letta Tayler @lettatayler]

1/ Bristling assessment of the harms of the global counterterrorism regime in the 2+ decades since 9/11 by @mayafoa @Reprieve at today's counterterrorism and rights session at #WarsawHDC2024 @osce_odihr.

[Reprieve @Reprieve]

British courts have found that Shamima Begum is in all likelihood a child trafficking victim, groomed by ISIS, and that stripping her British citizenship leaves her effectively stateless.

But that the law as it stands allows a home secretary to remove her rights. This is absurd.

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Spend three minutes watching this man talk in a humane, evidence-based way about penal policy. Then realise that he is now in charge of prisons. And then feel the waves of relief wash over you.

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why. https://t.co/cuLJmevwbo @NPR @ChiaraEisner @Reprieve @mayafoa #RuqaiijahYearby @UNHumanRights @DrAliceJEdwards @DeathPenaltyWW #deathpenalty

[Reprieve US @ReprieveUS]

🚨BREAKING: Black people horrifyingly had a 220% higher chance of suffering a botched execution than white people in the modern era of the US death penalty.

Reprieve's ground-breaking report shows that racism extends all the way into the execution chamber 🧵

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

The report documents for the first time significant racial disparities in the way states carry out executions — specifically, states are more than twice as likely to botch an execution if the person being put to death is Black. @Reprieve @mayafoa

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

The human rights organization, @Reprieve has issued an important new report, Lethal injection in the modern era: cruel, unusual and racist. https://t.co/XGUv8iVa2h @mayafoa @NAACP_LDF @southerncenter @eji_org #deathpenalty

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

“Drug manufacturers don’t want their medicines diverted and misused in torturous executions and the makers of nitrogen gas share the same objection: they do not want their products to be used to kill,” @mayafoa, joint executive director of @Reprieve, said. #deathpenalty

[Reprieve @Reprieve]

🏆 Women's football 1, Men's Football 0 ❌

Today is the Women’s World Cup final. Whatever the outcome, we’re cheering on the organisers and players who said no to Saudi Arabian sponsorship of this year's tournament, halting Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing in its tracks.

#FIFAWWC

[Reprieve @Reprieve]

With thanks to @DeathPenaltyWW and @mwlegalaid for their work on Ishmail's case and those of 150 other death row prisoners re-sentenced in Malawi since 2015.

[Reprieve @Reprieve]

Our client Ishmail Gome was sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit and spent ten years in prison before the culprit owned up.

Listen to his incredible story of injustice, redemption and forgiveness in this episode of BBC Africa podcast, The Comb https://t.co/O4CdZxMaHO

[Maya Foa @mayafoa]

@NadraIsmail3 @thefreedomi @Reprieve Hi Nadra, can you resend to [email protected]?

[The Freedom Initiative @thefreedomi]

"Their family members did not know," said @Reprieve's @mayafoa. "So you had people who were arrested, tried, sentenced to death and then executed in secret."
https://t.co/68FNkO2IVn

[The CCR is on bsky (@ccrjustice.org) @theCCR]

🚨 The U.S. gov't never intended for Majid Khan or his story to see the light of day, but over 16 years later, he is free. We are so proud of Majid. He survived and persevered in a system designed to break him, and never stopped working toward his future. https://t.co/oC6ndSBfTp

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

World death penalty news—Saudi death penalty use has almost doubled under rule of Mohammed bin Salman: Report. https://t.co/br0coM9s6J @ABC @guyrbdavies @ESOHumanRightsE @Reprieve @mayafoa @UNHumanRights @DeathPenaltyWW

[Nader Hashemi @naderalihashemi]

Saudi Arabia and the death penalty:

Everything you need to know about the rise in executions under Mohammed bin Salman

https://t.co/TZykgij5pE

@mayafoa @sarahleah1 @aalodah @LinaAlhathloul @mehdirhasan @AgnesCallamard @NickKristof

[Reprieve @Reprieve]

We studied data from 2010 onwards. The six bloodiest years of executions in Saudi Arabia’s modern history have all been under the leadership of MBS and King Salman (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022).

[Reprieve @Reprieve]

REVEALED: A new report shows the rate of executions in Saudi Arabia has almost doubled under Mohammed bin Salman, from 71 per year to 130 per year.

MBS is gaslighting the world, promising to curb the use of the death penalty, while his regime kills people in record numbers 🧵

[Maya Foa @mayafoa]

Thanks for your great work, @MatthewBehren11 and to @judyatrinh for your excellent and important reporting

[Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11]

Excellent report by @judyatrinh on how Canada is forcibly trying to separate these Canadian children from their mothers, all of them arbitrarily detained in Northeast Syrian prison camps under conditions akin to torture. Thanks to @mayafoa https://t.co/81nRbYbLSG