Death Penalty Archives - Amnesty International Ireland

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19th December 2024
Global: UN member states move closer to rejecting death penalty as lawful punishment under international law

10th October 2024
AFRICA: Countries on the cusp of abolition must take a stand against the death penalty

1st October 2024
Urgent Action – Iran: Kurdish Woman Activist Sentenced to Death

11th September 2024
Iran: Two years after ‘Woman Life Freedom’ uprising, impunity for crimes reigns supreme

The image shows protestors being prevented from calling for a Stop to Executions by police in the US.

9th August 2024
Saudi Arabia: Authorities must immediately release man convicted over social media posts after death sentence quashed

6th August 2024
Iran: Shocking secret execution of young man in relation to “Woman Life Freedom” uprising

A protest in Iran against the morality police

29th May 2024
Urgent Action: Iran – Grave risk of more executions for protestors

Solidarity rally for protestors in Iran facing execution.

29th May 2024
Death Penalty Report 2023

29th May 2024
GLOBAL: Executions soar to highest number in almost a decade

16th April 2024
Urgent Action: Iran – Drug-Related Executions Surging in Iran

3rd November 2023
Write for Rights 2023: Help stop Rocky Myers’s execution

The skyline of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 28, 2014

8th September 2023
Saudi Arabia: 100 people executed as authorities continue relentless ‘killing spree’

Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, all at risk of execution in Iran

19th May 2023
Iran: Executions of tortured protesters must trigger a robust reaction from the international community

18th May 2023
Iran: International community must take bold action to prevent the execution of three tortured protesters

A protester holds 'Stop executions in Iran' and 'Free Iran' placards during the demonstration in London, on January 14, 2023. Demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street in protest against the death penalty and executions in Iran and in support of freedom for Iran.

16th May 2023
DEATH PENALTY 2022: Recorded executions skyrocket to highest figure in five years

Brian Yap, research consultant of Amnesty International Malaysia, holds a copy of a report on the death penalty in Malaysia, during its launch in Petaling Jaya on October 10, 2019. - Malaysian police sometimes use torture to extract confessions from suspects in death penalty cases, who often face unfair trials, Amnesty International said on October 10, piling pressure on the government to abolish capital punishment.

3rd April 2023
Malaysia: Historic change unfolding as Dewan Rakyat votes to repeal mandatory death penalty

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