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Nov 28 2014 4:59pm
Texas, USA: Execution of mentally ill man set for next week
Despite decades of mental illness, Scott Panetti set to be executed...
Nov 26 2014 12:18pm
Is 'the Penalty' worth the price? Lifting the lid on the death penalty
Last year, I set out across America with a small team of filmmakers to...
Oct 23 2014 4:41pm
Social media resources: 'Death to the Death Penalty' Facebook cover image
An image to promote Amnesty's work on the death penalty, optimised for...
Oct 16 2014 6:44pm
Pakistan: Death sentence for Christian woman latest 'poisonous' blasphemy law outrage
A Pakistani court’s decision to uphold the death sentence against a Ch...
Oct 15 2014 6:06pm
Saudi Arabia: death sentence against leading Shi'a cleric is 'shocking'
‘The death sentence against Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr is part of a ...
Oct 14 2014 10:55pm
Iran: Juvenile Offender Facing Execution
In Iran a young man is facing execution, even though he was a child at...
Aug 18 2014 6:13pm
Saudi Arabia: four family members executed for hashish possession amid 'disturbing' surge in executions
The execution of four members of the same family in Saudi Arabia today...
Aug 13 2014 3:26pm
Progress Since The Last British Death Sentence 60 Years Ago
The Last Death Sentence in The UK At 8am on 13 August 1964, two men...
Aug 4 2014 12:31pm
A death penalty for journalism in Iran
Iran’s hardline judiciary is getting very good at silencing its critic...
Jul 24 2014 4:57pm
USA: Arizona's botched execution yet another reminder of need for abolition
‘How many more times do officials need to be reminded of the myth o...