Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital punishment’s return were a state of emergency to ...

Amnesty International denounced Taiwan's execution of Huang Linkai on Thursday, calling the event a 'shameful setback' as it marked the first execution in Taiwan since 2020. Director of Amnesty ...

The execution of an inmate on Thursday by Taiwan, marking the first death penalty carried out by the island’s authorities in ...

Amnesty International has welcomed this decision ... Currently, 24 African nations have fully abolished capital punishment.

Taiwan has carried out its first execution in nearly five years, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the use of capital punishment was a "huge setback" for the island's human rights.

HUMAN rights activists have raised concerns over a provision in the recently enacted law that abolishes the death penalty, which allows for reinstatement of capital punishment in special cases.