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Apr 28 2014 3:50pm
Egypt: 683 new death sentences in Muslim Brotherhood trial shows 'complete contempt' for justice
683 sentenced to death follows confirmed death sentences for 37 oth...
Apr 11 2014 6:58pm
Egypt: New anti-terrorism laws could lead to mass death sentences
New counter-terrorism legislation set to be approved by Egypt’s presid...
Apr 8 2014 6:30pm
USA: Texas governor must stop execution in case marred by 'junk science' and racism
Execution of Mexican man with very low IQ and severe learning difficul...
Apr 1 2014 1:35pm
UK Government's Muslim Brotherhood review must not ignore crackdown in Egypt
Responding to an announcement today that the Prime Minister David C...
Mar 31 2014 4:16pm
Hakamada Iwao
Hakamada is 87. He holds the record for being the world's longest-serv...
Mar 31 2014 1:18pm
Japan: Appeal adds to psychological torture of freed death row inmate
A decision by Japanese prosecutors to appeal against a court ruling to...
Mar 30 2014 8:49pm
Death sentences and executions around the world in 2013
Executions around the world rose sharply in 2013, as a handful of coun...
Mar 28 2014 11:17am
Pakistan: Christian man sentenced to death under blasphemy law
The Pakistani authorities should immediately release a Christian man s...
Mar 27 2014 2:12pm
Hakamada: Three days to guarantee his freedom
After more than 45 years on death row, 78-year-old Hakamada has been r...
Mar 27 2014 10:34am
Japan: Release of world's longest serving death row inmate after 46 years
The Japanese courts have granted a retrial to a prisoner who has spent...