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Mar 30 2014 8:49pm
Death sentences and executions around the world in 2013
Executions around the world rose sharply in 2013, as a handful of coun...
Mar 28 2014 11:17am
Pakistan: Christian man sentenced to death under blasphemy law
The Pakistani authorities should immediately release a Christian man s...
Mar 27 2014 2:12pm
Hakamada: Three days to guarantee his freedom
After more than 45 years on death row, 78-year-old Hakamada has been r...
Mar 27 2014 10:34am
Japan: Release of world's longest serving death row inmate after 46 years
The Japanese courts have granted a retrial to a prisoner who has spent...
Mar 27 2014 12:00am
'Sharp spike' in global executions last year - new report
‘Killing sprees’ in Iran and Iraq fuelled 15% rise in executions durin...
Mar 27 2014 12:00am
Death sentences and executions around the world in 2013
Executions around the world rose sharply in 2013, as a handful of coun...
Mar 24 2014 2:04pm
Egypt: sentencing to death of more than 500 people is a 'grotesque' ruling
‘This is the largest single batch of simultaneous death sentences w...
Mar 13 2014 4:04pm
Global death penalty statistics to be published on Thur 27 March
Amnesty International will be publishing its annual statistics (for...
Mar 12 2014 7:28pm
Louisana's injustice: Lessons the USA must learn from Glenn Ford
Late yesterday, Glenn Ford - now 64 years old - walked out of the Loui...
Feb 28 2014 9:37am
Libyan Politicians facing death penalty
Libyan politicians are facing the death penalty over a blasphemous car...