Selected Articles
- #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty 434946
- #EndExecutions434954
- Executions at 10-year high after huge increases in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia - Guardian 08.04.25464106
- Taiwan Executes First Prisoner in Five Years - HRW 03.02.25454372
- Zimbabwe: Statement by the Spokesperson on the abolition of the death penalty - EEAS 05.01.25448489
- Congo executes 102 ‘urban bandits’ with 70 more set to be killed, officials say - CNN 05.01.25448491
- Zimbabwe: Historic moment as President signs into law a bill to abolish death penalty for ordinary circumstances - Amnesty International 31.12.24448490
- US: Biden Commutes Most Federal Death Sentences - HRW 23.12.24448488
- The Death Penalty Is Inhumane. States Should Follow Biden’s Example of Mercy. - HRW 23.12.24448486
- Two thirds of the United Nations General Assembly vote in favor of the 10th resolution for a moratorium on the death penalty - World Coalition Against the Death Penalty 20.12…448487
- Podcast - Death penalty: how Zimbabwe reached the point of abolition - Conversation 19.12.24447557
- UN member states move closer to rejecting death penalty as lawful punishment under international law - Amnesty 18.12.24446301
- Tweet: The Senate’s historic vote is a major step by Zimbabwe towards the abolition of the death penalty. It is also a victory for all those who have tirelessly campaigned to…445140
- Catholics seeking to end US death penalty chart Jubilee course in God’s justice - Vatican News 12.12.24445141
- Iran Enforces Strict Hijab Laws; Offenders To Face Death Penalty Or Up To 15 Years In Prison - news18 12.12.24445142
- Morocco moves to abolish death penalty, activists demand broad reform - The New Arab 11.12.24445143
- UN calls for Japan to scrap death penalty slammed as foreign interference - SCMP 10.12.24445144
- Iran Executes Another Woman Amidst Death Penalty Surge - Iran Wire 08.12.24445145
- Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on public execution in Afghanistan - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 14.11.24441806
- Burkina Faso Plans to Reinstate Death Penalty - HRW 11.11.24440064
- Tweet: UN Human Rights Committee has urged Pakistan to revoke military courts' jurisdiction over civilians and abolish their authority to impose death penalty. - @dawn_com 08…439520
- Tweet: ‘In this darkness into which the 20th-century civilisation has so far led us, we can light this small candle.’ - @tribunemagazine 08.11.24439516
- 29 minors in Nigeria may face death penalty amid crackdown on protests - Jurist 03.11.24439514
- Amnesty International Condemns South Carolina’s Execution of Richard Moore - Amnesty USA 01.11.24439519
- Singapore: Authorities must end human rights crackdown and unlawful drug related executions - Amnesty International 31.10.24439518
- Concern over impending executions in the USA - OHCHR 16.10.24439515
- Joint Statement – Saudi Arabia: Escalating Use of the Death Penalty - HRW 14.10.24439517
- Tweet: Every life matters! On this #WorldDayAgainsttheDeathPenalty, we are reminded that the #DeathPenalty doesn't deter crime. The death penalty is irreversible and dispropo…434947
- Tweet: The death penalty does little to deter crime or serve victims. It has no place in the 21st century. - @UN 10.10.24434948
- Tweet: Today is World Day Against the #DeathPenalty. While last year saw the lowest number of countries carrying out executions on record, the death penalty remains a serious…434949
- European and World Day against the Death Penalty - EEAS 10.10.24434950
- Tweet: While a record number of countries have abolished the #DeathPenalty, global executions have increased dramatically - esp. for drug offences. - @volker_turk 10.10.24434953
- European and World Day against the Death Penalty: Joint statement by the High Representative of the European Union and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe - EEAS 0…434951
- Annual Report on Executions in Iran: Marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty - HRANA 08.10.24434952
- Tweet: "The time to abolish the death penalty is 1600 executions past due." --Death Penalty Action Executive Director Abraham Bonowitz - @DeathPenaltyAct 27.09.24433242
- Tweet: Tonight's execution in Alabama was the 1600th in the U.S. since executions resumed in 1977. It was Alabama's 76th in that time and its 4th this year. - @RDunhamDP 27.0…433243
- U.S. reaches 1,600 executions since death penalty was reinstated - Washington Post 26.09.24433244
- This Is Why We Need to Abolish the Death Penalty - Jacobin 25.09.24433246
- In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions - The Intercept 24.09.24433241
- Could Taiwan's 'separatists' face death penalty in China? - DW 10.07.24422392
- Malaysia: one year since repeal of mandatory death penalty, violations of international law and standards continue despite overall decrease in death sentences - AMnesty Inter…422393
- Moscow May Soon Do More Than Simply Restore The Death Penalty – Analysis - Eurasia Review 03.07.24422394
- Russia’s Investigative Committee tortures Ukrainians for fabricated ‘trials’, and now demands the death penalty - The Information Portal of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protectio…422395
- Death Penalty Information Center Releases New Report on Politicization of the Death Penalty - Death Penalty Information Center 01.07.24422396
- LGBTQ+ People and the Death Penalty - Death Penalty Information Center 28.06.24422397
- Zimbabwe on right side of history as it prepares to abolish the death penalty - Amnesty 29.05.24417229
- Iran: President Raisi’s death must not deny victims of his grim human rights legacy their right to accountability - Amnesty 22.05.24415591
- Singapore Doubles Down on Executions - HRW 22.05.24415593
- UN urges Reps to reject death penalty bill for drug offences - Punch 21.05.24415592
- Amnesty Warns of Imminent Execution of Kurdish Prisoner in Iran - Iran International 17.05.24415596
- Nigeria: UN experts demand release of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu - OHCHR 16.05.24415595
- Lawyers differ on death penalty for drug peddlers - Punch 11.05.24415594
- Zimbabwe’s likely to abolish the death penalty: how it got here and what it means for the continent - The Conversation 07.05.24411585
- Video: Zimbabwean Parliament consults citizens on abolishing death penalty - VOA 06.05.24411589
- Saudi Arabia: Halt Executions of Child Offenders - HRW 29.04.24411586
- Iran: UN experts alarmed by death sentence imposed on rapper and songwriter, Toomaj Salehi - OHCHR 25.04.24411588
- Taiwan's death penalty and debate over constitutional rights - DW 24.04.24411584
- Iran: Popular Rapper Sentenced to Death for Dissent - HRW 24.04.24411590
- Future of the death penalty in Taiwan to be determined by historic legal challenge - Death Penalty Project 22.04.24411587
- Top US Nitrogen Gas Producers Ban Use in Executions - CD 11.03.24403998
- Comment by UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on public executions in Afghanistan - OHCHR 28.02.24399787
- North Carolina death penalty case could set statewide precedent - Independent 28.02.24399785
- Rethinking ‘An Eye for an Eye’: A Journey Towards Death Penalty Abolition - CP 28.02.24399784
- Six months after abolition kicked in, Amnesty International says death penalty sentences fell but whipping used as alternative instead - Malay Mail 26.02.24399786
- Afghanistan: Taliban must halt all executions and abolish death penalty - Amnesty International 23.02.24399788
- Iranian Protester Receives Death Penalty for “Spying for Israel” - Iran Wire 23.02.24399789
- Yemen: UN experts call on Houthi de facto authorities to halt execution of human rights defender Fatima Al-Arwali - OHCHR 18.02.24398720
- Zimbabwe Considers Abolishing Death Penalty - HRW 15.02.24398716
- Iraq: UN Human Rights alarmed by draft law with death penalty for same-sex relations - OHCHR 09.02.24398717
- Zimbabwe: Cabinet’s move to abolish death penalty marks progress - Amnesty International 08.02.24398718
- Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the death penalty in the United States of America - Council of Europe 02.02.24398719
- Death Penalty for 14 in BJP Leader's Murder Case: What Makes the Verdict Rare - The Wire 31.01.24396199
- The Death Penalty Is Premeditated Murder - Jacobin 26.01.24396201
- Why the death penalty is incompatible with democracy - The Conversation 26.01.24396202
- Video: How Michigan became the first English-speaking government to ban the death penalty - BBC 26.01.24396200
- Man Appeals Death Penalty in Japanese Anime Studio Arson - VOA 26.01.24396204
- Death Penalty Upheld for Iranian Kurdish Political Prisoner - Iran Wire 25.01.24396203
- Maldives: Reverse Plans to Reinstate Death Penalty - HRW 21.12.23391678
- US Public Support for Death Penalty Wanes, Report Says - VOA 02.12.23386830
- Florida’s revival of death penalty fuels rise in US executions in 2023 - Guardian 01.12.23386831
- More Americans disagree with death penalty, despite increasing number of death sentences: Death Penalty Information Center - Jurist 01.12.23386829
- Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell on executions of a child and a young man in Iran - OHCHR 28.11.23386833
- Families of Gaza captives reject talk of death penalty for Hamas detainees - Al Jazeera 20.11.23386832
- Malaysia commutes death penalty, life terms of 11 drug convicts -report - Reuters 14.11.23386834
- Singapore executes man over drugs in third hanging in week - Guardian 03.08.23363929
- Video: “Never Again”: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Sentenced to Die. Jews Against the Death Penalty Respond - DN! 03.08.23364941
- US Supreme Court Declines to Halt Execution of Missouri Man With 'Severe Mental Illness' - CD 01.08.23365252
- OHCHR condemns executions in Kuwait and Singapore, pushes for global ban - UN News 28.07.23363029
- Alabama Executes James Barber Despite Outcry Over Death Penalty Methods - CD 21.07.23364764
- Malaysia Repeals Mandatory Death Penalty - HRW 11.04.23340475
- UN urges Ugandan president to block ‘disturbing’ LGBTQ+ bill that introduces death penalty - The Pink News 23.03.23336525
- Uganda to introduce death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ - Scottish Legal 23.03.23336524
- Judges facing death penalty in Saudi Arabia for being too soft on human rights - Mirror 23.03.23336523
- Malaysia plans to end life sentencing and axe death penalty in slew of prison reforms - SCMP 23.03.23336526
- Arizona death penalty case will determine whether a private citizen can compel an execution - The Hill 22.03.23336527
- Iran executions are 'state sanctioned killing' - UN rights chief - Reuters 10.01.23331173
- Zambia: Abolition of the death penalty ‘a historic milestone’ - UN News 06.01.23323692
- What is it like to survive an execution by lethal injection? - Guardian 28.12.22322415
- Civil and Human Rights Groups Urge United States to Support Global Death Penalty Moratorium - Civil Rights 13.12.22331157
- Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief alarmed at death sentences by secretive military courts - Relief Web 02.12.22331162