Human Rights
,International
,May 17, 2023
According to an annual death penalty report by Amnesty International, 2022 saw the highest number of recorded executions since 2017, primarily due to increases in just a handful of countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The report al…
Human Rights
,International
,Secrecy
,Apr 22, 2020
Executions across the globe fell 5% worldwide in 2019 to the fewest in more than a decade, despite a record number of executions in Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International reported in the human rights organization’s
Human Rights
,International
,Aug 19, 2021
As China awaited a decision on whether Canada would extradite a top Chinese businesswoman to the U.S. on criminal charges, a Chinese court upheld a controversial death sentence imposed on a Canadian man, further escalating tensions between the two…
Human Rights
,International
,Mar 06, 2024
In the aftermath of Idaho’s failed execution of Thomas Creech and Texas’ execution of Ivan Cantu on February 28, the European Union released a statement expressing its regret and reiterating it…
Human Rights
,International
,Methods of Execution
,Feb 07, 2024
United StatesThe January 25,
Human Rights
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,Jan 24, 2024
The University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, in collaboration with several human rights nonprofits, recently launched a database of foreign nationa…
Human Rights
,International
,Sep 06, 2023
China On August 4, a South Korean national convic…
Human Rights
,International
,Oct 12, 2023
October 10, 2023 marked the 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty. Regarding this year’s theme, “The Death Penalty, an Irreversible Torture,” Raphaël Chenuil Hazan, executive director of France-based abolitionist group EPCM, said “Today, we no …
Human Rights
,International
,Dec 06, 2023
ChinaOn November 7, Chinese media reported that former primary school principal Zhang Longji was executed via lethal injection for raping five girls, age 8 – 12, and sexually molesting 17 girls, age 8 – 14. Sun De…
Human Rights
,International
,Aug 02, 2023
GhanaOn July 25, 2023, Ghana’s parliament voted to abolish the death penalty, making Ghana the 124
Human Rights
,International
,Jul 05, 2023
Saudi Arabia A total of 68 executions have occurred in Saudi Arabia this year, with more than 20 executions relating to terrorism charges occurring since early May, according to Agence France-Presse. On July 3, five men, …
