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Mar 27 2014 12:00am
'Sharp spike' in global executions last year - new report
‘Killing sprees’ in Iran and Iraq fuelled 15% rise in executions durin...
Mar 27 2014 12:00am
Death sentences and executions around the world in 2013
Executions around the world rose sharply in 2013, as a handful of coun...
Mar 24 2014 2:04pm
Egypt: sentencing to death of more than 500 people is a 'grotesque' ruling
‘This is the largest single batch of simultaneous death sentences w...
Mar 13 2014 4:04pm
Global death penalty statistics to be published on Thur 27 March
Amnesty International will be publishing its annual statistics (for...
Mar 12 2014 7:28pm
Louisana's injustice: Lessons the USA must learn from Glenn Ford
Late yesterday, Glenn Ford - now 64 years old - walked out of the Loui...
Feb 28 2014 9:37am
Libyan Politicians facing death penalty
Libyan politicians are facing the death penalty over a blasphemous car...
Feb 17 2014 4:31pm
A Royal approach to human rights
As Prince Charles visits Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week I hope he's ...
Feb 10 2014 2:09pm
Newsletter published
The current issue of the #newsletter is now available to download as a...
Feb 7 2014 3:47pm
Malaysia: stay of execution in Chandran Paskaran case welcomed but others at risk
‘It is shocking that it took an outcry from human rights groups for...
Feb 6 2014 12:09pm
Malaysia: 'secret' execution planned for tomorrow
‘For Malaysia to try to carry out executions in near-total secrecy ...