Death Penalty

Delara Darabi's execution postponed for two months - 20 April 2009

The execution of the Iranian woman convicted of murdering a relative when she was 17 has been postponed.

Juvenile offender faces imminent execution in Iran - 17 April 2009

Delara Darabi, an Iranian woman convicted of murdering a relative when she was 17, is reported to be facing execution in the next few days.

Nine men executed in Sudan following unfair trial - 14 April 2009

The Sudanese government executed nine people who may have been innocent on Monday.

USA: Death of 15-year-old raises further concern about safety of Tasers - 23 March 2009

The death of a 15-year-old boy in Michigan after he was s hocked with a Taser gun shows the imperative need for further tests on the safety of the electro-shock weapon

Death Penalty: 2,390 executions in 2008 worldwide, 72 per cent in China - 24 March 2009

Amnesty International today revealed that more people were executed in Asia than in any other part of the world in 2008 because China carried out more executions than

Cruel, discriminatory, unfair and degrading – the death penalty in 2008 - 23 March 2009

More people were executed in Asia than in any other part of the world in 2008. By contrast, in Europe, only one country continues to use the death penalty: Belarus.

Stop executions in Belarus - 23 March 2009

Belarus is the last country in Europe and in the former Soviet Union that still carries out executions.

Scores face execution in Iraq six years after invasion - 20 March 2009

On the sixth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, nearly 130 people face imminent execution in the country.

Twelve years on death row in Nigeria – Botman’s testimony

This song was composed by Botman Oraeku, former death row inmate from Nigeria. Botman was arrested on 3 August 1982, when he was 15 years old, for a crime committed by his brother.

The death penalty in Middle East and North Africa in 2008

The region with the second highest number (21 per cent) of executions in 2008 was the Middle East and North Africa.