The beheading of a woman convicted of “witchcraft and sorcery” is deeply shocking and highlights the urgent need for a halt to executions in Saudi Arabia.
Amnesty International and Belarusian human rights organisations Viasna and Belarus Helsinki Committee were today turned away from delivering a global petition to Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, calling for an end to executions in Belarus.
The US state of Idaho should prevent its first execution in 17 years, Amnesty International has urged ahead of today's planned execution of a death row prisoner.
Troy Davis was executed by lethal injection shortly after four am (Irish time) this morning. The execution was delayed for a number of hours as the US Supreme Court considered a last minute appeal.
The recent execution of a Belarusian man convicted of assault and murder does nothing to advance the cause of justice, Amnesty International said today.
The Saudi Arabian authorities must halt the use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said today, following a significant increase in executions in the country in the last six weeks.
The Indian President's decision to approve the country's first executions since 2004 would be a blow to human rights, Amnesty International said today.
Amnesty International Ireland calls on the Belarusian authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty as a first step towards the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus and towards making Europe and the former Soviet Union a death penalty-free zone.
