Welcome to Reprieve Australia

Reprieve Australia works against the death penalty.  It aims to provide effective legal representation and humanitarian assistance to those facing the death penalty, to advocate against the death penalty and to raise awareness about human rights.

Established in Melbourne, Australia in May 2001, Reprieve Australia conducts volunteer programs at home and abroad, including sending Australians to defend clients facing the death penalty.  It also produces a newsletter and news updates, conducts awareness raising events and works with other organisations which fight against the death penalty.

News and Events

01 Jul 2009

Reprieve salutes A-G's initiative

Reprieve Australia President Rachel Walsh lauds plans put forward by federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland for laws banning Australian states from ever re-introducing the death penalty. More

15 May 2009

Richard Bourke in The Age

Director of the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Centre and Reprieve Australia founder Richard Bourke is featured in a profile in The Age. More

04 May 2009

Reprieve lawyer to visit pregnant prisoner

A lawyer from Reprieve UK has flown to Laos to assist a pregnant Briton who faces possible death by firing squad, if convicted of drug smuggling... More