Human Rights
,International
,Nov 15, 2021
Two Japanese death-row prisoners have filed a lawsuit alleging that the country’s long-criticized practice of notifying prisoners of their execution the same day they are to be put to death is “inhumane” and violates the nation’s constitution.…
International
,Time on Death Row
,Mar 20, 2023
On March 13, 2023 in Japan, Tokyo’s High Court granted a retrial for Iwao Hakamada, a former boxer known as the “longest serving death row” prisoner in the world. He was convicted of murder in 1968. Hideaki Nakagawa, Director of Amnesty Internatio…
International
,Jan 05, 2024
The United States and Japan are the only two retentionist countries among the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized democracies. But Japan did not carry out any executions in 2023 and imposed just three new death sentences. The pause meant th…
Human Rights
,International
,Methods of Execution
,Feb 07, 2024
United StatesThe January 25,
Human Rights
,International
,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
,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, …
