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 ...

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 ...

Taiwan executed a man for a 2013 murder, marking the first execution in five years. This decision has sparked criticism from ...

According to Amnesty International, about three-quarters of countries in the world use capital punishment. It says 24 African countries have fully abolished the death penalty, among 113 countries ...

Amnesty International denounced Taiwan's execution of Huang Linkai on Thursday, calling the event a 'shameful setback' as it ...

Taiwan has carried out its first execution in nearly five years, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the use of ...

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

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 ...

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 ...