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August 21, 2013

One For Ten: challenging the death penalty

One ForTen is a series of interactive documentary short films about innocence and death row. Directors’ Mark Pizzey and Will Francome visited Edinburgh recently as part of Just Festival to share the real stories of ten exonerees across the United States. Coralie Tapper reports and comments.
August 18, 2013

Against the death penalty: one for ten

One For Ten is an revolutionary series of campaign films produced and broadcast online over five weeks in April and May of 2013.
June 25, 2013

Nigeria reportedly carries out first executions since 2006

Amnesty International has received credible reports that the Nigerian authorities have hanged four men in Benin City Prison.
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.
January 3, 2013

UK aid contributes to hundreds of executions in Iran, says Reprieve

UK aid for Iran’s ‘War on Drugs’ is helping to send hundreds of people to death row, says the legal charity Reprieve.
December 9, 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.
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.