Death Penalty

Death Penalty (943)

Apr 5 2016 5:13pm

Dramatic rise in executions in 2015: the most in one year for a quarter of a century

The past year has seen a horrific increase in executions around the wo...

Mar 30 2016 3:55pm

Urgent Action: USA state of Georgia sets execution despite racism claim

Mar 30 2016 1:25pm

Urgent Action: Man arrested in teens faces execution in Iran

Mar 30 2016 1:20pm

Urgent Action: Execution date set for Ukrainian in USA

Mar 30 2016 12:55pm

Urgent Action: Political leader at imminent risk of execution in Bangladesh

Mar 22 2016 10:06am

Urgent Action: Journalist risks death penalty for tweets in Saudi Arabia

Mar 17 2016 1:58pm

Urgent Action update: Juvenile offender threatened in Iran

Mar 11 2016 8:36pm

Saudi Arabia: Families fear their sons will be executed within 24 hours

“Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty to silence dissent sends a...

Mar 8 2016 1:47pm

Urgent Action update: Juvenile offender faces death after retrial in Iran

Feb 29 2016 3:16pm

Pakistan: execution is no way to deliver justice for Salman Taseer murder

Pakistan has executed more than 300 people in past 14 months ...