Reprieve is a nonprofit organization of international lawyers and investigators whose stated goal is to "fight for the victims of extreme human rights abuses with legal action and public education".
[7][8] In 2021, Reprieve UK compiled information on the effects of U.S. drone strikes and counterterrorism actions in order to file a petition and witness statement on behalf of 34 Yemenis at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
[9] Reprieve focused its collaborative petition on the human rights consequences of U.S. drone strikes that killed multiple civilians, including "nine children and several members of Yemen's military".
[10] Current cases include Andy Tsege,[11] Ali al Nimr,[12] Libya's Sami al-Saadi,[13][14] stateless Palestinian Abu Zubaydah,[15] Linda Carty,[16] Yunus Rahmatullah,[17] Krishna Maharaj,[18] and Malik Jalal.
[24] The Capital Punishment Justice Project (formerly Reprieve Australia) was founded in Melbourne in 2001 by criminal barristers Richard Bourke and Nick Harrington to provide legal representation and humanitarian assistance to those at risk of execution.