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Actor Adjoa Andoh makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Reprieve.

Actor Adjoa Andoh makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Reprieve. Reprieve’s lawyers and investigators helps people around the world access justice, including people facing the death penalty.

The Radio 4 Appeal features a new charity every week.
Each appeal then runs on Radio 4 from Sunday 0755 for 7 days.

To Give:
- Freephone 0800 404 8144
- Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. (That’s the whole address. Please do not write anything else on the front of the envelope). Mark the back of the envelope ‘Reprieve’.
- Cheques should be made payable to ‘Reprieve'.
- You can donate online at bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4
- Please ensure you are donating to the correct charity by checking the name of the charity on the donate page.

Registered Charity Number: 1114900. If you’d like to find out more about the charity’s work visit *https://reprieve.org/uk/
*The BBC is not responsible for content on external websites

Producer: Katy Takatsuki

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Reprieve

Reprieve fights for people facing the death penalty, torture and other extreme human rights violations. We take on cases one at a time and confront the systems that put people there.

A decade on death row for a crime he didn't commit

A decade on death row for a crime he didn't commit
Ishmael spent ten years on death row in Malawi, accused of a crime he did not commit. The confession he had signed was in a language he couldn't read, extracted after police beat and starved him. Reprieve took on his case and challenged it in court.

Finally set free

Finally set free
Reprieve’s lawyers were with him in the courtroom when his innocence was proven and he was finally set free. Ishmael told us how, on returning to his village he felt “like I had been born again”.

Ishmael is not alone

Ishmael is not alone
Ishmael is one of the 193 people in Malawi who were facing execution. Reprieve and its partners fought each case one by one to get their death sentences lifted. We are now doing the same in Kenya, fighting for 5,000 people. 

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 May 2026 07:54
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 24 May 2026 21:25
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 28 May 2026 15:27
    BBC Radio 4

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