Amnesty International is urging the Iranian authorities to rescind the death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person to be sentenced to death in connection with protests following disputed presidential elections.
A Texas man who faces execution after jurors at his trial consulted the
Bible when deliberating his fate should have his death sentence
commuted, Amnesty International has said.
Ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International has urged the President of Belarus,
Aleksandr Lukashenka, to grant clemency to a man who may be facing
imminent execution.
Amnesty International has welcomed a move by the Iranian authorities to postpone the execution of an Afghan national accused of commiting a murder while still a child.
The execution of Afghan national Abbas Hosseini in Iran on Monday for a murder he is accused of committing when he was only 17 must be stopped, Amnesty International warned today.