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May 24 2022 12:00am
Global use of death penalty up by 20% - major new report
Annual survey of capital punishment shows how courts re-opening after ...
May 23 2022 5:56pm
Death Penalty Report 2021
Global use of death penalty up by 20% Last year saw a worrying rise...
May 23 2022 3:51pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Arizona Conducts Its First Execution Since 2014
Clarence Dixon, a 66-year-old Native American man, was executed on 11 ...
May 19 2022 12:15pm
Iran: Swedish academic at risk of execution is being held as a state hostage
Ahmadreza Djalali threatened with execution in ‘retaliation’ for legal...
Apr 28 2022 12:03pm
US: Texas Appeals Court Blocks Execution
On 25 April 2022, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted an indef...
Apr 27 2022 8:34am
Singapore: Execution of man with learning disability is a 'disgraceful act' by the government
Responding to the execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran Dharmali...
Apr 22 2022 5:50pm
Singapore: Authorities must stop double execution and abolish the death penalty
Two Malaysian nationals due to be executed next week The Government...
Feb 15 2022 8:23am
Singapore: 'Appalling' double execution this week must be halted
At least two executions are scheduled to take place tomorrow Two m...
Jan 31 2022 11:27am
Urgent Action Outcome: Alabama Execution Goes Ahead After Stay Lifted
Matthew Reeves was put to death by lethal injection in Alabama on the ...
Dec 21 2021 9:24am
Japan: three prisoners hanged in 'abhorrent' resumption of executions
First executions in country for two years Death row inmates typical...