Death Penalty
URGENT ACTION: Iran
UA: 243/10 Iranian media reported that footballer's wife, Khadijeh Jahed, may be executed on 1 December. She is sentenced to death for the alleged murder of her husband's permanent wife.
Death Sentences and Executions in 2009
March 2010
Amnesty International’s global annual report on the use of the Death Penalty around the world
Death Penalty Report: Key facts and figures
March 2010
Some of the key facts and statistics about the use of the death penalty around the world in 2009
Map of the executions around the world
March 2010
A map of the world showing the locations and the number of executions that took place in 2009
Death Sentences and Executions in 2008
March 2009
Amnesty International’s global annual report on the use of the Death Penalty around the world
Key Facts and Figures about the Death Penalty
March 2009
Key figures and statistics from Amnesty International’s global annual report on the use of the Death Penalty around the world
Condemned: Letters from Death Row- Extract
2008
This is an extract from a collection of letters between Seán Ó Riain, a former teacher from Cork and Ray (not his real name) who is on death row in the USA. Ray has been sentenced to death for killing a man, a crime he committed as a young man, freely admits, and regrets. If his appeal succeeds, his sentence may be commuted to life in prison without parole.
Affront to Justice: Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia
October 2008
The report uses testimonies and quantitative data to uncover the discriminatory use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia.
Affront to Justice: Who are the People being executed in Saudi Arabia? – CASE STUDY
October 2008
This document shows case studies of individuals who have been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.
Death sentences and executions in 2007
April 2008
Amnesty International’s report on the use of the death penalty around the world.
