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Latest News

Russia moves one step closer to death penalty abolition
November 20, 2009

Ohio moves to resume executions under new protocol
November 20, 2009

Iran: Amnesty International Calls on Iran to Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Man
November 16, 2009

Iran: Authorities must stop imminent execution of Kurdish man
November 13, 2009

Ukraine must release Belarusian prisoner of conscience
November 11, 2009

Hasty executions in China highlight unfair Xinjiang trials
November 10, 2009

Iran must halt imminent execution of Kurdish man
November 10, 2009

Saudi Arabia: Foreign Nationals on Death Row in Saudi Arabia
November 06, 2009

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia Executes Three More Foreign Nationals
November 05, 2009

USA: AI Welcomes Introduction of Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act
November 04, 2009

Belarus: Belarus Man Loses Death Sentence Appeal
October 29, 2009

Iran/Turkey: Iranian Refugees Released from Detention in Turkey
October 27, 2009

Belarus: UN calls on Belarus to halt execution
October 20, 2009

USA: Amnesty International Welcomes Comments from Former Texas Governor Mark White on Reconsideration of Death Penalty
October 19, 2009

Sister Helen Prejean: Educating against the death penalty
October 16, 2009

Mongolia: Mongolian death row inmate receives pardon
October 15, 2009

Iran: Latest juvenile execution in Iran condemned
October 13, 2009

USA: Texas execution looms after jury consult Bible
October 09, 2009

Iran: Protester death sentence must be reviewed
October 09, 2009

Iran: Iranian protester's death sentence must be reviewed
October 09, 2009

Belarus: Imminent execution in Belarus must be stopped
October 07, 2009

Iran: Iran execution postponement move welcomed
October 05, 2009

Iran: Iran moves to execute man for crime committed when he was 17
October 03, 2009

USA: Campaigner, rock musician and parliamentarian visit Troy Davis
September 24, 2009

USA: Musician from Best-Selling British Rock Band Keane to Visit Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis in Georgia
September 23, 2009

Taiwan: Time for justice as Taiwanese prisoner faces 11th retrial
September 21, 2009

Indonesia: Indonesia must repeal "cruel" new stoning and caning law
September 17, 2009

Japan: Stop the Execution of Mentally Ill Prisoners, Amnesty International Urgers Government of Japan in New Report
September 10, 2009

Thailand: Thailand carries out first executions in six years
August 26, 2009

Nigeria: Death row prisoners freed in Nigeria
August 26, 2009



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VIDEOS

(Not everything in these videos represents the views of Amnesty International)

Testimonials from Ray Krone (sentenced to death in the U.S. for a crime he didn't commit) and Mpagi Edward Edmary (sentenced to death in Uganda for a crime that never happened)

Death Penalty Mistake (about Leonel Herrera, executed in Texas in 1993)

Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti

Insanity on Death Row - CBS 60 Minutes (about Gregory Thompson, a mentally ill prisoner facing execution in Tennessee)

Video Footage of Execution Facility in North Carolina

Interview with an Executioner (hear a Mississippi executioner's surprising views on the death penalty)



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