China has been named the world’s lead executioner in Amnesty International’s annual report on global capital punishment, which estimated that thousands were put to death in the country in 2024.

Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said Monday, as activists increasingly ...

A new report by Amnesty International has revealed that Saudi Arabia has executed over hundred Pakistani nationals for ...

As Drug-Related Convicts Top List Saudi Arabia executed a record 345 people in 2024, the highest number documented by Amnesty International in over three decades of tracking the kingdom's use of the ...

Amnesty International on Monday condemned a surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, expressing particular concern for capital punishment used in cases of drug-related offenses and the ...

Amnesty International recorded 142 men sentenced to whipping and imprisonment, highlighting the urgent need for legislative amendments to abolish corporal punishment. Access to legal counsel also ...

At the state level, the Amnesty report also includes data suggesting capital punishment is broadly on the decline by certain measures. Only five states carried out executions in 2023, down from ...

This week, Amnesty International released a 296-page report, accusing Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza. This charge, no less than a modern-day blood libel, is just the latest attack in ...

Amnesty International has suspended its Israel branch for engaging in “endemic anti-Palestinian racism” and for criticizing the human rights group’s positions.

Assad's infamous Syria prisons empty as rebel leader vows 'just punishment' Abu Mohammed al-Jolani said rebels have a wanted list of regime officials.

Hundreds of people suspected of witchcraft in Ghana, especially older women, face rampant human rights abuses including murder, Amnesty International said Monday, asking the government to ...