Macabre reports from inmates in Kirikiri prison in Lagos that gallows are being prepared, with one prisoner taken into isolation Amnesty International has received disturbing reports from inmates at...

Lethal injection rushed through because stocks of chemicals about to expire at end of month Arkansas accused of ‘treating human beings as though they have a sell-by date’ Reacting to last night’s...

Amnesty International has warned all those standing as candidates in the forthcoming general election that their choice of language can have serious consequences, and called for calm and measured...

‘The literal deadline of a drug’s expiration date is shockingly callous’ - James Clark Responding to news that a judge has blocked the US state of Arkansas from using its remaining lethal injection...

‘I’ve been given a second chance in England. I’m so grateful for the support I’ve been given and the chance to turn your life around is something that every refugee deserves’ - Saido Berahino, Stoke...

Laws hastily pushed through Parliament after Coptic church attacks Draconian legal changes in the wake of the Easter weekend Coptic church attacks will allow mass arbitrary arrests, indefinite...

The two were only 16 and 17 at the time of crimes, making their execution illegal under international law Family of one man told to make last-ever visit to him in prison - executions set for tomorrow...

Nigerian authorities must ramp up efforts to secure the release of the remaining Chibok girls and thousands of others abducted across the northeast by Boko Haram, said Amnesty International on the...

Prisoners and their families speak of ‘torture’ of denial of visits and lengthy body searches Protest set to start on Palestinian Prisoner’s Day on 17 April Israel’s decades-long policy of detaining...

Seven men face execution between Easter Monday and 27 April With its supply of lethal injection drug midazolam set to expire at end of April, Arkansas in ‘shameful race to beat a drug expiration date’...