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Oct 15 2018 12:14pm
Urgent Action: Tennessee man at imminent risk of execution
Edmund Zagorski has been on death row in Tennessee for over 30 years a...
Oct 9 2018 11:59pm
World Day Against Death Penalty: powerful video shows horror for families
To coincide with World Day Against the Death Penalty today, Amnesty ha...
Oct 9 2018 1:53pm
Death penalty cruelty - a stain on governments
Prisoners under sentence of death around the world are often subjected...
Oct 2 2018 4:35pm
Iran: young Kurdish woman executed after unfair trial
Zeinab Sekaanvand hanged this morning despite being only 17 at time of...
Sep 25 2018 1:53pm
Why Sudanese teenager Noura Hussein’s case matters
“Well, we all married at her age what is the problem really?!”, “What ...
Sep 24 2018 1:04pm
Heathfield Fair: Defying the Death Penalty in Japan
On Sunday 16th September, Amnesty Croydon once again held their spot a...
Sep 20 2018 5:59am
Egypt: repression now 'more extreme' than under Mubarak
New ‘Egypt, an Open-Air Prison for Critics’ campaign launched    Si...
Sep 18 2018 1:02pm
Yemen: 24 Baha'i people, including a child, face possible death sentences
Teenage girl among those facing serious charges, including alleged esp...
Sep 8 2018 6:42pm
Iran: execution of three Kurdish men after grossly unfair trials is 'horrifying'
Two of the men - cousins Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi - gave suppo...
Sep 8 2018 11:43am
Egypt: 75 death sentences and heavy jail terms handed down in 'disgraceful' mass trial
Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ among those given prison sentences ‘The E...