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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...
Aug 18 2014 6:13pm
Saudi Arabia: four family members executed for hashish possession amid 'disturbing' surge in executions
The execution of four members of the same family in Saudi Arabia today...
Aug 13 2014 3:26pm
Progress Since The Last British Death Sentence 60 Years Ago
The Last Death Sentence in The UK At 8am on 13 August 1964, two men...
Aug 4 2014 12:31pm
A death penalty for journalism in Iran
Iran’s hardline judiciary is getting very good at silencing its critic...
Jul 24 2014 4:57pm
USA: Arizona's botched execution yet another reminder of need for abolition
‘How many more times do officials need to be reminded of the myth o...
Jul 24 2014 12:10pm
Meriam Ibrahim freed from death row in Sudan
Six weeks after she was sentenced to hang, Meriam Ibrahim, a 27-year-o...
Jul 3 2014 2:10pm
Egypt: one year on from Morsi, country is 'failing at every level' in terms of human rights
1,247 death sentences handed down so far this year, 247 upheld ...
Jun 26 2014 7:36am
Japan: 'deplorable' secret execution of death row prisoner this morning condemned
In Japan death row inmates 'live under the constant fear of executi...