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Nov 11 2008 12:00am
USA: Spate of executions during election month - 'chilling reminder' of human rights failings
Seven executions set for next 10 days Amnesty International has today ...
Nov 1 2008 12:00am
Somalia: Girl stoned was a child of 13
Girl sentenced to death for being raped Contrary to earlier news re...
Oct 24 2008 12:00am
Amnesty vigil for Troy Davis outside US Embassy: Monday 27 October, 5pm
Campaigners’ last-ditch effort to save man set to die despite strong i...
Oct 21 2008 12:00am
Afghanistan: Journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh should be freed
Afghan journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh should be freed immediately a...
Oct 21 2008 12:00am
Livia Firth's Mumia Abu-Jamal film to launch at special London event
Death penalty film to be centerpiece of event with Livia and Colin Fir...
Oct 21 2008 12:00am
Nigeria: Hundreds on death row may be innocent, says Amnesty-new report
Dreadful conditions: Prisoners on death row are held in cells where th...
Oct 17 2008 12:00am
Iran: 'End of child executions' UPDATED
UPDATE 20 OCTOBER 2008: A senior judicial official in Iran has said th...
Oct 14 2008 12:00am
Saudi Arabia: Foreign workers 'pay with their lives' in grossly unfair justice system-new report
Poor foreign workers are bearing the brunt of Saudi Arabia’s secretive...
Oct 10 2008 12:00am
Asia: Time to move towards abolition of death penalty
With Asia executing more people each year than any other part of the w...
Sep 11 2008 12:00am
USA: Troy Davis facing execution in Georgia despite doubts over conviction
Clemency board urged to act in case where witness statements included ...