Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/deathpenalty.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010020215238&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International says it fears the authorities are planning to execute some or all of the nine before 11 February, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. 2010-02-02T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE010282010&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International has condemned the execution of two men arrested during protests that followed Iran's disputed presidential election last year 2010-01-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012615144&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International deplores the execution in Baghdad of 'Ali Hassan al-Majeed, also known as Chemical Ali', for his involvement in one of the worst atrocities committed under the government of Saddam Hussain. 2010-01-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010012215099&rss=deathpenalty Habibollah Latifi was sentenced to death in 2008 in connection with his links to a banned Kurdish organization. 2010-01-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011815021&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International has called on the Iraqi authorities to halt the mounting number of death sentences being handed out in the run-up to delayed national elections in March. 2010-01-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011414971&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International has voiced its concerns that the defendants may have been forced to confess to the 2005 murders of 13 policemen under torture. 2010-01-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE201001141497&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International has today condemned the execution of six men accused of murdering 13 policemen during clashes over a forced eviction in Khartoum, Sudan in 2005. 2010-01-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010010814900&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International has urged the Iranian authorities not to sentence to death protesters arrested during religious commemorations last month. 2010-01-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009122314845&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International has called on the Chinese authorities to reveal the whereabouts of 20 ethnic Uighur asylum-seekers who were forcibly deported from Cambodia to China on 19 December 2009-12-23T00:00:00-05:00 countries=cambodia,china http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121714710&rss=deathpenalty Mosleh Zamani was hanged on Thursday morning, along with four other unidentified prisoners. He was sentenced to death in 2006 for allegedly raping his girlfriend when he was 17. 2009-12-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121114600&rss=deathpenalty A European Court of Human Rights ruling has called for the release of Belarusian opposition activist and musician Igor Koktysh, detained in Ukraine since 2007, pending extradition to Belarus. 2009-12-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=ukraine http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009121014570&rss=deathpenalty Lebanese national 'Ali Hussain Sibat and another unidentified man, could be executed at any time if their sentences are upheld by the appeal and Supreme Courts. 2009-12-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=lebanon,saudi_arabia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009120814513&rss=deathpenalty The Iranian authorities must halt Wednesday's planned execution of a juvenile offender, Amnesty International has urged. 2009-12-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009120414450&rss=deathpenalty The prisoners, who include 17 women, are said to have had their death sentences ratified by the Presidential Council, the final step before executions are carried out. 2009-12-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091203002&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International reported today that China's Supreme Court must carefully review the death sentences imposed on five individuals by a court in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of northwest China. 2009-12-03T00:00:00-05:00 countries=china http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009120314422&rss=deathpenalty China’s supreme court must carefully review reported death sentences imposed today on five individuals by a court in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of northwest China, Amnesty Inte 2009-12-03T00:00:00-05:00 countries=china http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009112014164&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by Russia's Constitutional Court that brings the country a step closer to abolishing the death penalty. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009112014172&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International is appealing to the authorities in the state of Ohio not to resume executions, following their adoption of a new lethal injection protocol. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091116001&rss=deathpenalty The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of Sherko Moarefi, a Kurdish man convicted of "enmity against God" over his alleged membership in a proscribed Kurdish organization, Amnesty International said today. 2009-11-16T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200911131404&rss=deathpenalty The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of Sherko Moarefi, a Kurdish man convicted of “enmity against God” over his alleged membership of a proscribed Kurdish organization, Amnesty International said today. 2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009111113997&rss=deathpenalty Musician and activist Igor Koktysh has been detained for over two years for the peaceful expression of his beliefs. If forcibly returned to Belarus, he could face the death penalty. 2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus,ukraine http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009111013972&rss=deathpenalty Following the execution of eight Uighurs and one Han Chinese individual, charged with offences committed during the July riots, the authorities have prosecuted a further 20 suspects. 2009-11-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=china http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009111013974&rss=deathpenalty Ehsan Fattahian is to be executed on Wednesday, for his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group. Two other Iranian Kurdish men are also feared to be at imminent risk of execution. 2009-11-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009110613927&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International is aware of at least 137 people currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, of which 106 are foreign nationals. The true figures are believed to be much higher. 2009-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=saudi_arabia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009110513913&rss=deathpenalty Amnesty International has strongly condemned the beheading of two Sri Lankan nationals and one Indian national in the city of Jeddah this week. 2009-11-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=saudi_arabia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091104001&rss=deathpenalty Bill Would Provide Critical Options to Death Row Inmates with New Evidence of Innocence. 2009-11-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102913785&rss=deathpenalty Andrei Zhuk becomes the second person to have his death sentence upheld in Belarus within the last month. 2009-10-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102713738&rss=deathpenalty Two Iranian refugees who were refused access to the asylum system in Turkey and unlawfully detained for more than a year have been released. 2009-10-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran,turkey http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009102013629&rss=deathpenalty The United Nations has echoed Amnesty International?s call to halt the imminent execution of a man accused of murdering of six elderly women in Belarus. 2009-10-20T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091019003&rss=deathpenalty Laura Moye, Director of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, issued the following comments today in response to media reports that former Texas Gov. Mark White said the death penalty in Texas may need to be reconsidered: 2009-10-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=usa