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February 9, 2013

India condemned over renewed use of death penalty

The execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru in India indicates a disturbing and regressive trend towards executions shrouded in secrecy, says Amnesty International.
January 23, 2013

British grandmother sentenced to death by firing squad

A British grandmother arrested on drugs charges in Indonesia was yesterday (22 January 2013) sentenced to death by firing squad by judges in a Bali court.
December 10, 2012

Taiwan asked to resist pressure to revert to the death penalty

Taiwan has been urged by human rights groups and anti-capital punishment advocates not to succumb to pressure to revert to the death penalty.
November 21, 2012

Kasab execution is 'an Indian death penalty setback'

The execution of a man involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks undoes much of the progress India has made over the death penalty, Amnesty International says.
November 17, 2012

Pakistan execution condemned amid moves to abolish death penalty

Pakistan’s first execution in four years has been condemned by human rights and anti-death penalty groups, as thousands remain on death row.
October 31, 2012

Trial hearing for British mother imprisoned with newborn baby

A British woman facing the death penalty in Pakistan, who is being held in jail along with her newborn baby, is due to appear in court tomorrow (1 November).
October 17, 2012

South Dakota carries out execution using contaminated compounded drugs

Drugs from a compounding pharmacy have been used to execute a prisoner in Dakota in a potentially botched lethal injection, it has emerged.
September 12, 2012

Iranian TV 'confessions' breach suspects' rights warn Amnesty

Amnesty International has expressed concern that 'confessions' on Iranian state television may result in 12 people facing the death penalty.
September 6, 2012

Libyan intelligence chief faces unfair trial says Amnesty

Abdullah al-Senussi, Colonel Gaddafi's military intelligence chief, should have been surrendered to the International Criminal Court says Amnesty.
August 26, 2012

Executions in Gambia described as a 'giant leap backwards'

Amnesty International says it has received 'credible reports' that nine persons were executed on the evening of 23 August in Gambia.