executions

The rate of executions has doubled in the reign of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, despite talk of  modernisation and reform.

Executions in Japan are shrouded in secrecy, with prisoners typically given only a few hours’ notice and some given no warning at all before their death sentences are carried out.

Reprieve says that the Home Secretary is putting British lives around the globe at risk by refusing to seek death penalty assurances from the US for two men currently held in Syria.

Five people have been identified as the first to be subject to a new lethal injection protocol.