executions

The international human rights organisation Reprieve has criticised the response of the UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, to Bahrain’s execution of three men.

Countries with close links to the UK and EU continued to occupy the ranks of the world’s most prolific executioners in 2016, research by the international human rights group Reprieve has found.

Amnesty International has called on Northern Ireland's First Minister, Arlene Foster, to use her visit to China this week to raise concerns about human rights abuses in China – including the country's widespread jailing of lawyers and its extensive use of the death penalty.

The United Nations human rights chief has expressed serious concern that Iraq has created a committee to accelerate the implementation of death sentences.