Switzerland activists withdraw from campaign to reinstate death penalty
Capital punishment advocates in Switzerland on Wednesday unexpectedly withdrew from their campaign to reinstate the death penalty only one day after the Federal Chancellery allowed them to begin...
Capital punishment advocates in Switzerland can begin collecting signatures in support of a referendum to reinstate the death penalty for those convicted of murder, the Federal Chancellery announced Tuesday....
A proposed amendment to China's criminal law that would reduce the number of crimes punishable by death was presented Monday to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) . The current criminal...
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday condemned the recent execution of 18 people in Libya . The executed were charged with pre-meditated murder and several were foreign nationals from Chad, Egypt, and Nigeria. AI...
China arrests Tibet writer after earthquake relief criticism
Chinese authorities have arrested a prominent Tibetan writer after he signed a letter critical of the Chinese government's relief efforts following the recent earthquake in the western Qinghai province, a family friend said Monday. Tra Gyal, who...
China arrests Tibet writer after earthquake relief criticism
Chinese authorities have arrested a prominent Tibetan writer after he signed a letter critical of the Chinese government's relief efforts following the recent earthquake in the western Qinghai province, a family friend said Monday. Tra Gyal, who...
Continued support for capital punishment leaves US on wrong side of history
Elizabeth Zitrin : "The United States of America, proud of its commitment to fairness and justice, is being left behind on one of the most important international human rights issues of our age....
The number of countries using the death penalty continued to drop during 2009, according to an annual report published Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . According to the report, more than 700 people...
The Constitutional Court of Korea ruled Thursday that the death penalty does not violate the South Korean constitution . The court's 5-4 decision could lead to a reinstatement of the death...
Senior UN official applauds states' efforts to end death penalty
UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze on Wednesday praised the increasing number of countries that have suspended or abolished the death penalty . Speaking at the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in...
