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Amnesty International has described as extremely regrettable a death sentence given earlier today to Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed, a key member of Bangladeshs opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party. Posted: 17 Jul 2013

Amnesty International has described the planned 500th execution in the US state of Texas tonight as a shameful milestone and is calling on the Texan governor Rick Perry to stop the execution. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Amnesty International has received credible reports that the authorities in the state of Edo in southern Nigerian have hanged four men in Benin City Prison today - the first known executions in the country since 2006. Posted: 24 Jun 2013

Saudi Arabia must halt a disturbing rise in its use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said this evening after six people were executed in the country today. Posted: 21 May 2013

Two school pupils from Birminghams King Edwards School have made a hard-hitting new film about a prisoner in Japan who has been on death row for 45 years - longer than anyone else in the world. Posted: 10 May 2013

The execution of three men in Kuwait this morning - the first in the country for nearly six years - has been condemned as a deplorable setback for the country. Posted: 1 Apr 2013

The execution earlier today of seven men in Saudi Arabia after they were allegedly forced to confess to charges of armed robbery is an act of sheer brutality, Amnesty International said. Posted: 13 Mar 2013

Satrurday's execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru indicates a disturbing and regressive trend towards executions shrouded in secrecy and the resumption of death penalty use in India, Amnesty International has said. Posted: 11 Feb 2013

The execution in Iran this week of a 21-year-old man for a crime he allegedly committed when he was only 17 years old shows a deplorable disregard for international law, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 18 Jan 2013

Amnesty International has condemned the execution earlier today of a female Sri Lankan domestic worker in Saudi Arabia for a crime she allegedly committed while still a child. Posted: 9 Jan 2013

Taiwans execution of six people today makes a mockery of the authorities stated commitment to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International said. Posted: 21 Dec 2012

Amnesty International has welcomed an increase in global support for abolition of the death penalty, after the UN General Assembly yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Posted: 21 Dec 2012

Amnesty International is calling on the Iraqi authorities to halt the execution of 28 prisoners whose death sentences were reportedly ratified yesterday. Posted: 18 Dec 2012

A Sudanese teacher and activist is facing the death penalty because of her humanitarian work and the peaceful expression of her views, and should be released immediately, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 17 Dec 2012

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The execution of Ajmal Kasab for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks undoes much of the progress India has made over the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. It was the first execution in the country in eight years. Posted: 21 Nov 2012

Pakistans first execution in four years is a blow to the countrys progress away from using the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 15 Nov 2012

Amnesty International has said that it fears for the lives of five men on death row in Iran after they were transferred from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj near Tehran, to the capitals Evin Prison, sparking fears about their imminent execution. Posted: 6 Nov 2012

Join Global Movement to Abolish Capital Punishment. Posted: 5 Nov 2012

The US state of Texas is set to carry out its 250th execution under the governorship of Rick Perry. The execution - of 41-year-old Donnie Roberts, convicted of murder in 2004 - is scheduled for 6pm Texas time this evening. Posted: 31 Oct 2012