China remained the world’s leading executioner, but the true extent of the use of the death penalty in this country remains unknown as this data remains classified as a state secret. The global figure ...

At Amnesty International, we firmly believe that no one – including any government – has the right to take away someone else’s life. We oppose the use of the death penalty in every single case. No ...

Amnesty International, which campaigns against the death penalty, urged Mnangagwa to sign the bill into law “without delay” and commute death sentences. Zimbabwe has more than 60 prisoners ...

"What will create change in Iran is a lot of small actions," says Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK. "Getting more people to think about the death penalty, stoning and how it works ...

A veteran Iranian human rights activist has warned that Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, could be stoned to ...

More than 70 percent of the countries have either legally or effectively abolished the death penalty, according to international human rights group Amnesty International. The ultimate decisions on ...

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Aminu, a 25-year-old singer, was sentenced to death by hanging in August 2020 for “blasphemy” after sharing a song on ...

according to a report from Amnesty International. Kenneth Smith is set to be the first American to be put to death by nitrogen gas as a form of capital punishment.