The abolition takes immediate effect, making Zimbabwe the latest African country to eliminate capital punishment. Rights group Amnesty International praised the decision as a “beacon of hope ...

THE POINT: The vast majority of countries have outlawed the death penalty. Yet the annual ... more people in the last few years. Last May, Amnesty International recorded 1,153 executions in ...

A New Forest MP has called for the return of the death penalty following the “frustrating” sentencing of a child murderer.

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 began with a focus on "prisoners of conscience," individuals detained for their political beliefs without advocating violence. Over the decades, its mission expanded to encompass ...

It comes after Iranian authorities executed another man convicted of assaulting dozens of women in Tehran in December ...

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Turkey's military operations in the mostly Kurdish southeast amount to "collective punishment," Amnesty International warned on Thursday, as the army said it killed 33 members of the armed ...

The Death Penalty Abolition Act, published in Government Gazette Tuesday, says courts can no longer deliver a sentence of capital punishment ... the end of 2023, Amnesty International said in ...

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