Taiwan Court Upholds Legality of Death Penalty but Limits Use to Only the Most Serious Crimes
The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...
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Anti Death Penalty Project - USA special - World Day
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
Two years after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, Iranians engage in a 'quiet revolution'
While the world is focused on other parts of the Middle East, the Iranian people are fighting their own battles against a ...
Call for Death Penalty for ‘Terrorists’ – On This Day in 1974
Although there were more calls for the death penalty to be re-introduced for paramilitary acts of violence during the ...
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Two years after Mahsa Amini's death in Iran, protest movement endures harsh persecution
Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition.
Taiwan Court Limits Use of Death Penalty in New Ruling
Taiwan's Constitutional Court has upheld the legality of the death penalty but placed new restrictions on its application.
Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death: What has changed, what hasn’t in Iran?
Exiles and activists continue to believe that Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurd arrested on September 16, 2022, for allegedly ...
The continuing distribution of the death penalty
The death penalty is the safest escape route from accountability as it does not burden the state with the hard work of ...
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Rights organizations urge Iran to release imprisoned women and protect women’s rights
A coalition of women and human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Front Line Defenders, the Kurdistan Human ...