News on the topic: death penalty
08.12.2024 Preface by Ales Bialiatski to the book The Death Penalty in Belarus
The book The Death Penalty in Belarus was prepared in the framework of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus”.
07.12.2024 Malaysian man believed at risk of execution: Pannir Selvam Pranthaman
Amnesty International calls on the government of Singapore to commute his death sentence.
03.12.2024 "The existence of the death penalty is always a litmus test of the human rights situation"
A conversation with the coordinator of the campaign Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus Andrei Paluda.
27.11.2024 Kurdish dissident sentenced to death in Iran: Verisheh Moradi
A dissident from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish ethnic minority is at risk of execution.
27.11.2024 Over the past 10 years, 24 death sentences have been handed down in Belarus. Review of high-profile cases
During this time, only three were pardoned.
26.11.2024 Restriction, moratorium, abolition: How Lithuania eliminated the death penalty
Viasna reports how independent Lithuania abolished the death penalty.
12.11.2024 Burkina Faso plans to reinstate death penalty
Restoring cruel, irreversible punishment is a huge step back for human rights.
25.10.2024 Iran: youth arrested at 17 at risk of imminent execution: Mohammad Reza Azizi
Mohammad Reza Azizi, 21, is at risk of imminent execution in relation to a crime that took place when he was just 17 years old.
10.10.2024 Declaration by the youth ambassadors for the abolition of the death penalty
On the occasion of the European and World Day against the Death Penalty.
10.10.2024 Singapore moves further out of step on death penalty
Executions for drug crimes; silencing of anti-death penalty activists.
09.10.2024 New arguments in favor of abolishing the death penalty: threats and benefits for the Lukashenka regime
Today, Viasna human rights activist Aleh Matskevich is looking for new arguments in favor of the abolition of the death penalty.
07.10.2024 "Are you ready to give these courts the right to take lives?" A film about the death penalty was showed in Warsaw
The discussion and screening of the film The Life of David Gale took place at the Belarusian Youth Hub.
02.10.2024 Kurdish woman activist sentenced to death: Pakhshan Azizi
Humanitarian worker and civil society activist Pakhshan Azizi, from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish ethnic minority, is at risk of execution following a grossly unfair trial by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran, reports Amnesty International.
10.09.2024 Woman Rights Defender at Risk of Execution: Sharifeh Mohammadi
Human rights defender Sharifeh Mohammadi is at risk of execution after a Revolutionary Court in Rasht, Gilan province, sentenced her to death in June 2024 solely in relation to her peaceful human rights activities, reports Amnesty International.
30.08.2024 "Australia should strengthen its global advocacy to abolish the death penalty", Human Rights Watch said
Submission to the foreign affairs committee seeks stronger bilateral engagement.
