Monitoring of the death penalty in the USA during 1994 provided further evidence that death sentences are imposed disproportionately on the poor, on minorities, on the mentally ill or retarded and on those without adequate legal counsel. At least two black prisoners executed during 1994 had been...

This document is a chronological listing of accounts of death sentences and executions from January to June 1994, reported by various sources including the official media. AI has recorded at least 1007 death sentences for violent and non-violent crimes in the first half of 1994. At least 696...

There have been no executions in Trinidad and Tobago since November 1979, but there have been several recent attempts to reverse this, the most recent being on 24 March 1994. This document discusses the judicial process behind the death penalty and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...

This document lists chronologically death sentences and executions in China from July to December 1993. The figures are those recorded by AI from various sources including the official media. AI believes these figures fall far short of the true number of death sentences and executions as the...

Twenty-six people have been executed this year, the first executions since 1989. Over 300 death sentences and thousands of heavy prison sentences have been imposed by special courts between February and October 1993. These special courts were established in Algiers, Oran and Constantine under new...

Twelve men were executed by firing squad in Ghana on 17 July 1993, in the first executions known to have taken place in Ghana since February 1990. They were: Godfrey Nyavie and Mustapha Bruce, Mohammed Yao Midoagbodzi, Atta Bruce, Vincent Kodwo Ayivor, Kwadzo Ackon and Eric Nii Addo, Benjamin...

This is a chronological listing of death sentences and executions reported by various media sources from January to June 1993. It is probable that these figures fall drastically short of the true numbers, which according to Chinese officials are considered a “state secret”. It lists,...

This paper reports the numbers of executions and death sentences in South Korea in 1992 and describes the legal background to the use of the death penalty. It also comments on the current state of the debate on the abolition of the death penalty in South Korea.

This is a chronological listing of death sentences and executions reported by various media sources in China for the latter half of 1992. AI does not believe that the true number of death sentences and executions is reflected here. The following details are given: source and date of report; date of...

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have all retained the death penalty in their respective criminal codes, although the number of crimes punishable by death has been reduced in all three. In this report AI appeals to the authorities of the three countries to abolish the death penalty and to commute all...

AI is concerned about moves to resume executions in Trinidad and Tobago. Five execution warrants have been issued in the past five weeks, all on prisoners who have spent years on death row. Temporary stays have been granted but the government has indicated that further warrants will be issued in...

This document consists of a chronological listing of all available accounts of death sentences and executions reported by various media from January to June 1992. As the actual number of death sentences and executions is considered a “state secret” according to Chinese officials, these...