Amnesty International urged Taiwan’s High Court to ensure a fair trial for a death row inmate preparing to face his 11th retrial in 21 years on Tuesday.
The new bylaw endorses stoning to death for adultery and caning for homosexuality. It also forbids alcohol consumption, gambling and intimacy between unmarried couples.
One of Nigeria's most influential states has taken an important step
towards abolition of the death penalty by pardoning and releasing three
condemned prisoners.
A tireless campaigner against the death penalty and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Kim Dae-jung leaves a legacy of commitment to human rights and democracy.
In a 6-2 ruling, the nation's highest court decided that Davis should
have another chance to prove his innocence before the state of Georgia
puts him to death.
The eight weeks between the presidential election on 12 June and the inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president on 5 August saw an alarming spike in the number of executions by the Iranian authorities, Amnesty International said today.
More than 4,000 prisoners facing execution in Kenya had their sentences
commuted to life imprisonment on Monday in the largest commutation in
history, news sources reported.
The recent hangings of three men brings the total number of executions carried out in Japan this year to seven, while other countries reject capital punishment.
