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July 9, 2018

Inside Japan’s chilling death row prisons where inmates are executed with no warning after decades waiting to die

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Asia Death penalty Japan

Seven members of a brainwashed doomsday cult were hanged last week in a sterile Japanese execution chamber for carrying out a deadly gas attack in 1995. The Asian country is one of only two first world democracies, along with the US, who kill their own citizens.

April 9, 2018

Africa : "Abolition is the irreversible trend”

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Death penalty Côte d’Ivoire

Monday 9 April 2018 marks the opening of the first day of debates at the African Congress Against the Death Penalty. This year it will concentrate on Africa which is en route to becoming the next abolitionist continent.

March 15, 2018

United States: Oklahoma is planning to use Nitrogen gas for executions

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Death penalty United States

After trying unsuccessfully for months to obtain lethal injection drugs, Oklahoma officials said Wednesday they plan to use nitrogen gas to execute inmates once the state resumes using the death penalty, marking the first time a U.S. state would use the gas to carry out capital punishment.

February 19, 2018

En Gambie, le président Adama Barrow annonce un moratoire sur la peine de mort

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Africa Justice Death penalty Violence Gambia

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December 19, 2017

Japon : après plus de vingt ans de prison, deux condamnés à mort ont été exécutés:

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Asia Death penalty Violence Japan

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October 18, 2017

USA: a long decline in executions takes a detour

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Death penalty United States

Recent court rulings and start-stop access to lethal drugs push numbers up this year.

August 29, 2017

Les jurés américains rejettent de plus en plus la peine de mort

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Death penalty Violence United States

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July 14, 2017

Singapore: M'sian Prabagaran executed in Singapore by hanging

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Asia Death penalty Singapore

A 29-year old Malaysian convicted in 2014 of drug trafficking in Singapore was executed this morning.

May 17, 2017

USA: Georgia carries out its first execution in 2017

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Death penalty United States

Convicted murderer J.W. Ledford Jr. was put to death by lethal injection, despite arguments from his lawyers that the lethal cocktail would react with his pre-existing medication and cause cruel and unusual punishment.

May 15, 2017

Syrian crematory is hiding mass killings of prisoners, U.S. says

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Middle East Death penalty Syria

The United States accused the Syrian government on Monday of using a crematory to hide mass murders at a prison where thousands are believed to have been summarily executed in the nation’s civil war.

April 28, 2017

United States: Utah to use firing squads in upcoming executions

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North America Death penalty United States

Utah will execute three inmates by firing squad for the first time since the method was reinstated in 2015 by Gov. Gary Herbert.

April 25, 2017

United States: Arkansas puts two inmates to death in state's first double execution since 2000

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North America Death penalty United States

Jack Jones and Marcel Williams administered lethal injections after death penalty carried out on fellow convict Ledell Lee last week

April 24, 2017

United States: fourth Arkansas execution in eight days prompts questions about inmate’s movements

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North America Death penalty United States

Arkansas executed a death-row inmate late Thursday in the state’s fourth lethal injection in eight days, concluding a frantic execution schedule officials said was necessary to carry out death sentences before one of their drugs expired.

April 11, 2017

La peine de mort recule de 37 % depuis 2015

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Death penalty Violence

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April 6, 2017

United States: Moore v. Texas: US Supreme Court enforces constitutional prohibition against executing intellectually disabled defendants

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North America Death penalty United States

A recent Supreme Court judgment in the US is being hailed as a triumph by death penalty abolition advocates.

March 1, 2017

When murder occurs in the name of justice

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Middle East Justice Death penalty

Seven death sentences are pronounced, in the first two months of 2017, in Palestine. The Human Rights and Democracy Media Centers SHAMS published, in January 2017, a report on the use of death penalty in Palestine during 2016. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA), lead by the Hamas, issued 21 d…

February 20, 2017

Singapore: families of death row inmates need longer notice of execution

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Asia Death penalty Singapore

Singapore has prided itself on its reputation for being tough on crime. Under our criminal justice system, the harshest and most final punishment meted out to an individual is the death penalty.

February 5, 2017

USA: Trump's executive orders could drastically expand family detention centers

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Death penalty United States

To hear President Donald Trump and his advisors talk about the US southern border, a person would get the impression that the Obama administration had rolled out the red carpet to welcome anyone and everyone who wanted to enter the country. Echoing a statement Trump made often on the campaign trail…

January 16, 2017

Benin: death row prisoners held in cruel limbo

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Africa Death penalty Violence Benin

Prisoners on death row in Benin are languishing in a cruel limbo after a court decision last year effectively abolished the death penalty, but failed to commute existing death sentences, said Amnesty International in a new report today.

December 29, 2016

Nigeria death row inmates secretly executed

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Africa Death penalty Nigeria

Three convicted criminals on death row for about two decades have been secretly executed in the first hangings in Nigeria since 2013, human rights lawyers and a fellow inmate said Thursday.

November 9, 2016

États-Unis : le Nebraska rétablit la peine de mort

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Death penalty Violence United States

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November 7, 2016

Mumia Abu Jamal

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Death penalty United States

African American activist in detention for 35 years

October 29, 2016

Turkey : Erdogan says death penalty will be soon brought back

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Europe Death penalty Violence Turkey

Thousands of people were arrested after failed coup in July. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the government will soon submit a bill to Parliament to reinstate the death penalty amid calls for the execution of the plotters of a failed coup in July. Addressing crowds in Ankara on Saturday…

October 27, 2016

États-Unis : Ndume Olatushani, "tant que je vivrai, je me battrai contre la peine de mort"

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Death penalty Violence United States

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