HANOI: Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including espionage, graft and attempting to overthrow the ...

A Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death for fraud totalling $27 billion will no longer face execution, her lawyer ...

Global Execution Surge Casts Shadow Over Africa’s Capital Punishment DebateAnalysis by Nana Karikari, Senior International Affairs and Political AnalystIn a chilling new report, Amnesty ...

The number of state-ordered executions worldwide surged to the highest level in nearly a decade last year, a damning new report by Amnesty International has revealed. More than 1,500 people were ...

Amnesty International further reported that in March 1998, "at least 30 children recently abducted by the LRA [Lord’s ...

Under international law, drug offences do not meet the threshold of 'most serious crimes' and countries who are considering introducing capital punishment for drug related offences such as the ...

While much of the world has left capital punishment behind, the most recent report by Amnesty International shows executions last year reached their highest level globally in almost a decade ...

At Amnesty International, we firmly believe that no one – including any government – has the right to take away someone else’s life. We’re working to end the use of the death penalty around the world, ...

Global executions on the rise as African states rethink capital punishment. While much of the world has left capital punishment behind, the most recent report by Amnesty International shows ...

Last May, Amnesty International recorded 1,153 executions in 2023, ... In the U.S., the toll was stable. But while more states have abolished capital punishment over recent years, ...

Global campaigners have expressed concern over a new Amnesty International report which shows that in 2024, executions around the world reached their highest level in almost a decade.This comes as ...