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June 4, 2010

Rights groups condemn Libyan executions

Human rights organisations have condemned the reported execution by firing-squad of some 18 people, many of them foreign nationals, in Libya this past weekend.
May 14, 2010

Iran condemned over execution of activists for 'enmity against God'

Amnesty has condemned the executions in Iran of four Kurdish political activists and an Iranian man, all convicted of “moharebeh” (enmity against God).
April 19, 2010

Executions by Hamas in Gaza 'deplorable', says Amnesty

Amnesty International has strongly condemned the executions of two Palestinian men in Gaza last week by the Hamas de facto authority, following an unfair military trial.
April 1, 2010

Hamas urged not to carry out 'abhorrent' executions in Gaza

Amnesty International has strongly urged the Hamas de facto administration in Gaza not to carry out several pending "abhorrent" death sentences.
March 31, 2010

Amnesty death penalty report highlights Chinese secrecy

As it published its review of the death penalty in 2009, Amnesty International has challenged the Chinese authorities to reveal how many people they sentence to death and execute.
January 5, 2010

Texas asked not to execute man who may be brain damaged

Human rights, religious and anti-death penalty groups are calling on the US state of Texas to stop the execution of a man who may be brain-damaged. Since 1976 the USA has executed 1,188 people. There are 3,300 still on death row.
December 30, 2009

Reprieve is 'sickened' by heartless use of the death penalty

Anti-capital punishment and human rights NGO Reprieve has condemned in the strongest terms the latest state execution in China - that of a mentally ill Briton who supporters say was conned into drug smuggling.
December 30, 2009

The truth about Akmal Shaikh

The fine campaigning group Reprieve issued a statement today which sets out very clearly why China's execution of a man with mental health problems is beyond any justification.
December 30, 2009

Judicial killing is barbaric
December 27, 2009

Pleas for disabled British man facing execution in China

Relatives of a British man facing execution for drug smuggling in China have arrived in the country to make last-minute appeals to authorities for mercy, with his execution due on 29 December 2009.