Death Penalty

Death Penalty (936)

May 1 2018 6:01pm

Iran: 22-year-old Kurdish man faces execution after 'breath-taking miscarriage of justice'

Ramin Hossein Panahi’s trial lasted less than an hour, and torture mar...

Apr 23 2018 2:37pm

Urgent Action update: Review for upheld death sentence requested in Bahrain

Apr 12 2018 12:00am

Global executions fall, but large numbers given death penalty for drugs - new report

23 countries carried out executions, with nearly 22,000 people now on ...

Mar 29 2018 2:53pm

Urgent Action Update: Court upholds death sentences of two men in Egypt

Mar 29 2018 1:04pm

Urgent Action Good News: Alabama, USA ends pursuit of 2nd execution attempt

Mar 27 2018 11:07am

Urgent Action good news: Ohio governor commutes death sentence

Mar 26 2018 11:08am

Urgent Action update: US Board votes for clemency, now to governor

Mar 22 2018 5:26pm

Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa's commutation of death sentences is 'progressive step'

‘He must build on this positive momentum by ensuring Zimbabwe abolishe...

Mar 21 2018 4:46pm

Iraq: 'alarming' reports of 3,000 on death row on terrorism charges

Figures leaked by government official appear to show more than 19,000 ...

Mar 20 2018 2:14pm

Urgent Action update: Two men sentenced to death by hanging in South Sudan