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Dec 16 2014 4:45pm
Iran: child offender among ten Kurds on hunger strike facing execution
‘It is truly deplorable that the Iranian authorities are playing ga...
Dec 5 2014 5:48pm
Why the Scott Panetti case strikes at the heart of the death penalty debate
On Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the execution ...
Dec 3 2014 6:28pm
Texas, USA: stay of execution for mentally-ill Scott Panetti
Execution called off just hours before prisoner was due to die in t...
Dec 2 2014 11:21am
British grandfather Mohammad Asghar awaits execution for blasphemy in Pakistan
70-year-old British grandfather Mohammad Asghar is currently awaiting ...
Nov 28 2014 4:59pm
Texas, USA: Execution of mentally ill man set for next week
Despite decades of mental illness, Scott Panetti set to be executed...
Nov 26 2014 12:18pm
Is 'the Penalty' worth the price? Lifting the lid on the death penalty
Last year, I set out across America with a small team of filmmakers to...
Oct 23 2014 4:41pm
Social media resources: 'Death to the Death Penalty' Facebook cover image
An image to promote Amnesty's work on the death penalty, optimised for...
Oct 16 2014 6:44pm
Pakistan: Death sentence for Christian woman latest 'poisonous' blasphemy law outrage
A Pakistani court’s decision to uphold the death sentence against a Ch...
Oct 15 2014 6:06pm
Saudi Arabia: death sentence against leading Shi'a cleric is 'shocking'
‘The death sentence against Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr is part of a ...
Oct 14 2014 10:55pm
Iran: Juvenile Offender Facing Execution
In Iran a young man is facing execution, even though he was a child at...