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Demand Freedom for Ahmed
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Overturn Justyna’s conviction
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Free Tunisian activist Chaima Issa
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Demand Meta provide effective remedy
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Seeking justice for her son
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Stop threats to Thapelo
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Help Stop Rocky Myers’s execution
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Nigeria: The death penalty as an ineffective deterrent to crime
The death penalty remains a legal sanction in Nigeria and continues to be imposed throughout the country, by judges in the high courts and sharia courts. Convicted persons are sentenced to death by hanging. Murder, culpable homicide, armed robbery, treason, and conspiracy for treason are capital offences under the Penal Code Act and the Criminal Code…
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Death Penalty 2021: Facts and Figures
Global figures Amnesty International recorded 579 executions in 18 countries in 2021, an increase of 20% from the 483 recorded in 2020. This figure represents the second lowest number of executions recorded by Amnesty International since at least 2010. Most known executions took place in China, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria – in that order. China remained the world’s leading executioner – but…
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Death Penalty 2021: The overall number of recorded executions more than doubled as a result of rising numbers in two countries – Somalia and South Sudan
2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions, Amnesty International said today in its annual review of the death penalty. At least 579 executions were known to have been carried out across 18…