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'BEYOND COMPREHENSION': MYANMAR ADMITS KILLING ROHINGYA
As part of an ongoing campaign against the group, Myanmar also rejects many peaceful Rohingya citizens as terrorists ... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVIST TO HEAD AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Renowned international rights group Amnesty International has chosen South African civil society leader, anti-apartheid campaigner and life-long activist Kumi Naidoo as the organisation's next Secretary General... READ MORE›
DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA HAS NO CLEAR GUIDELINES, NEW RESEARCH REVEALS
Most of the judges felt that since there are very few executions, retaining capital punishment is justified... READ MORE›
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JUST WENT THERE: NEW REPORT COMPARES POLITICS TODAY TO THE 1930S
In its latest report, Amnesty International just compared the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment and populist rhetoric in 2016 to the 1930s, singling out President Trump in particular... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS HANGED AT SAYDNAYA PRISON, AMNESTY SAYS
As many as 13,000 people, most of them civilian opposition supporters, have been executed in secret at a prison in Syria, Amnesty International says... READ MORE›
WOMAN CONVICTED AS JUVENILE FACES DEATH IN IRAN
On October 2014, a criminal judge sentenced the once child bride to death by hanging, Amnesty International says... READ MORE›
EGYPT COURT OVERTURNS MOHAMED MORSI'S LIFE SENTENCE
PROFILE Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi He was also accused of sharing state secrets with foreign powers, including Qatar... READ MORE›
4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL
Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›
PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR BLASPHEMY MAKES LAST APPEAL
Amnesty International has raised serious concerns about the fairness of her trial and has called for her release... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES TOP SHIA CLERIC
Saudi Arabia has executed the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the interior ministry said... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES ONE OF ITS OWN YOUNG PRINCES FOR MURDER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1975
Prince Turki was arrested after killing Abdul Karim Mohaimeed in December 2012, according to Saudi media reports... READ MORE›
LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR
Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
JAMES HOLMES SPARED DEATH PENALTY FOR US CINEMA KILLINGS
Profile Aurora gunman James Holmes In July, Holmes was convicted on 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and an explosives charge over the shootings in Aurora, Colorado... READ MORE›
WHO ARE THE FOUR AMERICANS STILL BEING HELD IN IRAN?
But the agreement makes no mention of Americans who have been held in Iran for years... READ MORE›
HACKERS TARGET SAUDI WEBSITES AS TEENAGER ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR AWAITS EXECUTION
An innocent young teenage boy has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia and we will not stand by and watch they warned... READ MORE›
FIVE AFGHAN MEN HANGED FOR RAPE
He was head of a major crime gang involved in several cases of kidnapping and armed robbery, Hashmat Stanekzai, a Kabul police spokesman, told the BBC... READ MORE›
CHINA COURT CLEARS CONVICTED KILLER 21 YEARS AFTER HIS EXECUTION
China's top court overturned Nie Shubin's conviction Friday, in a landmark case that exposed deep flaws in China's criminal justice system... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA TO EXECUTE 15 PEOPLE OVER SPYING FOR IRAN
At least 158 death sentences were carried out in Saudi Arabia in 2015, the third most executions for any country, after Iran and Pakistan, according to Amnesty International... READ MORE›
TURKEY HOLDS SIX RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON CHARGES OF AIDING TERROR GROUP
After this decision none of us who defend human rights in Turkey, whether it is Amnesty International or other organisations, are safe in this country... READ MORE›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S DIRECTOR IN TURKEY CHARGED WITH HELPING TERROR GROUPS
Amnesty International's secretary general, Salil Shetty, visited Eser in prison in September and has called the terrorism accusations absurd... READ MORE›
JORDAN EXECUTES 15 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 10 MEN CONVICTED OF TERRORISMA
Jordan on Saturday executed 10 men convicted of terrorism charges, including deadly attacks on tourists, Jordanian security forces and a local writer, the government spokesman said... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA CARRYING OUT 'UNPRECEDENTED WAVE' OF EXECUTIONS
There's a lot of speculation, says Adam Coogle, who monitors Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty, for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›
FOREIGN OFFICE WILL NO LONGER EXPLICITLY CAMPAIGN FOR AN END TO USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO has alarmed campaigners after dropping explicit references to abolishing the death penalty from its global human right work... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIAN EXECUTIONERS ARE HAVING AN UNUSUALLY PROLIFIC YEAR
Even before these reports, it was clear that Saudi Arabian executioners were having an unusually prolific year... READ MORE›
BAHRAIN CITY HALL SET ON FIRE AFTER EXECUTIONS
'Dark day' for Bahrain Demonstrators tried to reach the main street of Sanabis, the hometown of the three executed men, but were blocked by security forces... READ MORE›
EXECUTIONS AND DEATH SENTENCES WORLDWIDE: INTERACTIVE
At least 778 executions were carried out across the world in 2013, with even more death sentences handed down. This interactive shows statistics gathered by Amnesty International... READ MORE›
CHINESE, GERMANS AND BRITONS MOST WELCOMING TO REFUGEES, SAYS REPORT
China and the UK were first and third respectively on Amnesty's Refugees Welcome Index, with Germany in second place... READ MORE›
SAUDI COURT SPARES POETS LIFE BUT GIVES HIM 8 YEARS AND 800 LASHES
His legal troubles began when he was arrested in 2013 in the city of Abha in southwestern Saudi Arabia after an argument in a cafe... READ MORE›
ISIL BLOWS UP PRISONERS WITH ANTIQUITIES
The Islamic State reportedly strapped 3 detainees to ancient pillars, then blew them up... READ MORE›
BANGLADESH EXECUTES MOTIUR RAHMAN NIZAMI FOR WAR CRIMES
Human rights groups have criticised the government for extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances... READ MORE›
INTELLECTUALLY-DISABLED AUSTRALIAN COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA
In all, as many as a dozen Australians have been detained in Guangzhou in the past year or so on similar drug charges which could attract the death penalty... READ MORE›
GERMANS 'WORKING IN SPECIALIST TORTURE SQUAD FOR ISLAMIC STATE'
During his time in Syria he witnessed several torture sessions and executions, including the crucifixion of a former Isil commander, he told interrogators... READ MORE›
NEBRASKA POISED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, WOULD BE FIRST STATE SINCE 2013
If that vote holds in a veto override, Nebraska would become the first conservative state to repeal the death penalty since 1973... READ MORE›