death penalty

The death penalty is the ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights. By working towards the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, Amnesty International Death Penalty Campaign looks to end the cycle of violence created by a system riddled with economic and racial bias and tainted by human error. Read the latest death penalty statistics and analysis

In The News

Mongolia a step closer to ending death penalty

The Mongolian parliament has approved a bill which aims to scrap the death penalty in a vital step towards ending executions in that country.

Letter Writing Actions

  1. Eight men have been executed in Saudi Arabia since 5 September.

    Since the end of the Holy month of Ramadan, executions have resumed in Saudi Arabia at an alarming rate.

  2. URGENT ACTION: Pakistan

    UA 241/10: Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, has been sentenced to death under the country’s blasphemy laws.