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May 15 2015 5:26pm
Iran: child offender faces imminent execution despite ongoing review of case
‘If the execution goes ahead while the case is under review at Iran...
Apr 28 2015 8:08pm
Indonesia: 'Theatre of cruelty' condemned as executions go ahead
The execution of eight people in Indonesia today shows complete disreg...
Apr 28 2015 3:42pm
People can change – if you let them live
Update: Indonesia executed eight of the nine prisoners. Mary Jane Velo...
Apr 15 2015 8:01pm
Paintings from Indonesia's death row - an exhibition by Myuran Sukumaran
Myuran Sukumaran, known as 'Myu' has been on Indonesia's death row for...
Apr 1 2015 1:50am
Global death sentences up 28% last year - new report
Nearly 2,500 death sentences in 55 countries, with ‘anti-terroris...
Apr 1 2015 12:00am
Escaping the gallows in Nigeria
For 19 years, ThankGod Ebhos barely had a full night’s sleep. Every ni...
Mar 24 2015 2:13pm
Utah's reintroduction of firing squads is USA’s latest attempt to 'fix the unfixable'
‘The Utah legislature should be expending its energies on abolishin...
Mar 11 2015 5:03pm
Saudi Arabia: three more executions today add to 'unprecedented' spike in numbers in 2015
44 executed so far this year, four times higher than this time in 2...
Mar 9 2015 6:14pm
'I felt the shadow of execution over my head': A letter from Iran's death row
"It is all finished," the guard said. On the other side of the thic...
Mar 6 2015 5:11pm
Ten ways that Saudi Arabia violates human rights
Ten ways that Saudi Arabia violates human rights Saudi Arabia makes...